Yael Grauer
Investigative Reporter And Tech Journalist
Greater Phoenix Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYael Grauer is an award-winning investigative tech journalist with 11 years of experience reporting on privacy, security, surveillance, and digital freedom. She combines deep technical understanding with rigorous reporting—contributing to a Pulitzer Prize-winning AP investigation—and translates complex cyber issues into clear, actionable stories for outlets like The Atlantic, WIRED, Ars Technica, Slate, and Consumer Reports. At Consumer Reports she led product and program efforts for Security Planner, driving a 53% increase in conversions and convening cross-sector experts to influence industry practices. Based in the Greater Phoenix area, she pairs tenacious sleuthing with strong interviewing skills to extract technical insights from lawyers and technologists. Less obvious: her background spans strategic product management and hands-on investigative work, giving her a rare mix of editorial rigor and program-level impact in consumer cybersecurity.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences; Humanities; Natural Sciences; Classic Literature; Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences; Humanities; Natural Sciences; Classic Literature; Philosophy at Shimer CollegeMasters, Mass Communication, Masters, Mass Communication at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University
Hebrew, English
Github Skills (18)
messenger9
signal9
messaging9
chat9
swift9
ios8
encryption5
sticker5
security5
zebra4
risk-assessment4
effort4
privacy3
transparency3
data-privacy3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List
Jul 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:16 reviews, 46 commits, 48 PRs in 2 years 4 months
brittag/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List
Oct 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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