University of the Arts, London

Mark Prigg is a veteran science and technology editor who has spent 25 years explaining technology to readers at some of the world's largest newspapers and magazines.

Mark is VP of Commerce at Dotdash Meredith and oversees all Lifewire ratings and reviews.

Mark has spent 25 years explaining technology to ordinary people at some of the world’s biggest newspapers and magazines. He led technology coverage at British newspapers including the Daily Mail, London Evening Standard and Sunday Times, and spent eight years in New York as science and technology editor of Dailymail.com. He’s also worked in London, San Francisco and New York as a freelance journalist, writing for everyone from Wired, The Daily Telegraph and Pocket Lint to T3 and Stuff. He’s also appeared countless times on TV and radio as a technology expert. He’s also advised companies including IBM and Mr Cooper on their content strategy, and advised almost all of his family and close friends on how to use their phones and TVs. Mark also enjoys playing with both the Raspberry Pi and Arduino, and even collaborated with David Hockney to build an interactive picture frame to display the artist’s first iPad paintings, which still sits in the Daily Mail editor’s office in London.