Jefferson Graham

Jefferson Graham is a long-time technology reporter for USA TODAY, and host, producer and editor of the USATODAY Talking Tech video show, which features interviews with tech newsmakers and reviews of the latest gadgets and gizmos. The videos are seen at usatoday.com and many other sites on the web, including Gannett owned properties like the Detroit Free-Press, Arizona Republic, Indianapolis Star and Cincinnati Enquirer, as well as YouTube, CBS’s Clicker.com, Vimeo and iTunes. Guests on Talking Tech have included Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, Twitter co-founders Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone, Pandora founder Tim Westergren, YouTube stars iJustine and Shane Dawson and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Red-hot new Apple products like the iPad, iPhone and Final Cut Pro X were first seen on Talking Tech, one of a small handful of outlets to get early peeks at the new Apple releases. All the shows are produced professionally on the same D.I.Y. budgets described in this book.

Graham is the author of nine books, including Vegas: Live and In Person, an illustrated guide to Las Vegas for Abbeville Press and Salesman of the Century, which he co-wrote for Delacorte with infomercial legend Ron Popeil. He is also an accomplished Manhattan Beach based portrait photographer, videographer and editor.