Samantha Cole
Writer and technology journalist
Samantha Cole is an American journalist, author, and co-founder of the independent technology media company 404 Media. She has covered online culture, the adult industry, and the intersection of sex and technology, and is credited with bringing mainstream attention to deepfake nude imagery.2
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Born 2000.1
About
Cole is one of four co-founders of 404 Media, founded in 2023 as a journalist-owned publication. In 2024, the Electronic Frontier Foundation recognized 404 Media with an EFF Award for Fearless Journalism.
From Wikipedia’s article on Samantha Cole, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Career
Occupation: journalist.4
Cole began her career in local journalism before working as a freelance reporter for national outlets, including Popular Science, Fast Company, and Al Jazeera.
Cole later joined Motherboard, the science and technology section of Vice. At Vice, her reporting focused on sexuality, online culture, platforms, and the adult industry. In 2020, she received a Writer's Guild Award nomination for best digital news coverage.
After Vice filed for bankruptcy in 2023, Motherboard editor-in-chief Jason Koebler, former senior editors Emanuel Maiberg and Cole, and former writer Joseph Cox founded 404 Media as a journalist-owned publication. Describing the rationale behind a journalist-owned and funded venue, Cole said, “owning our own work, and being beholden to no one but our readers and colleagues — as opposed to say, investors, venture capitalists, or out-of-touch executives — feels like the future.”
From Wikipedia’s article on Samantha Cole (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited States7
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- 1WikidataSamantha Cole on Wikidata
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- 11Wikidata404 Media, Founder
- 12Wikimedia CommonsSamantha Cole photo by Bea Phi, CC BY-SA 4.0