I am an award-winning journalist with an unquenchable passion for technology who has written across a wide range of subjects during 30 years of media reporting in print, online and broadcast media.
Mainstream media roles include Consumer Affairs Reporter, Legal Affairs Reporter, City Hall Reporter, Assistant Chief of Staff, Deputy News Editor online, Media Development Editor and for 10 years as Senior Technology Journalist at The Australian newspaper. Recent specialities include artificial intelligence, telecommunications, digital copyright and consumer product reviews, including reviewing all forms of modern electric transport. I was also founding editor of indigenous newspaper Land Rights Queensland.
I’m available for special projects such as freelance news and feature writing, newspaper, TV and radio commentary, technical report writing, media training and strategies, MCing and conducting classes around using specific consumer technology. Feel free to contact me at crgriffo@gmail.com.
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Get on your e-bike
Riding up a hill on a regular pushbike normally is hard work. On this e-bike it’s easy despite the headwind and squalls of rain.
A voice that rings true
Motor neurone disease sufferers may soon get the chance to use a device that turns text into authentic sounding speech.
A driverless future
How ready are Australian roads for autonomous cars? Last week I travelled Sydney’s roads with operator Transurban.
Get off-grid texts with goTenna
goTenna’s brilliant outdoor mesh network is in Australia.
A drive on the mild side
A driverless share ride in Las Vegas is not to be missed. That was my thought.
Sex and drugs revealed in Silicon Valley
A tell-all book is about to lift the lid on sex and drugs parties hosted by powerful figures in Silicon Valley.
Mission to Mars takes first steps
I interview Jason Crusan, director of advanced exploration systems at NASA, who is in charge of planning its Mars mission.
Artificial intelligence, VR and AR aid space ventures to Mars and beyond
Artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality will play a huge role as humankind heads to Mars and beyond.
Peter Ford’s Control Bionics key to locked-in syndrome
Michael Phillips’s only means of communicating is by contracting the frontalis muscle on his forehead.