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James Temple

Deputy Managing Editor, Multimedia

James Temple has been a business journalist for more than a decade, most recently as the science and health reporter for Re/code. Previous to that, he was a technology columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle and also a multimedia journalist who shot and edited video pieces for SFGate.com.

James completed the National Press Photographers Association’s Multimedia Immersion program at Syracuse University and was fellow at the Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Storytelling Workshop at UC Berkeley.

Previously, he covered advertising, banking, real estate, retail and technology for Bloomberg News, the Contra Costa Times, the San Francisco Business Times and Bridge News.

He is a graduate of Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.

Latest articles by James Temple

Technology
Meet the Time-Traveling Scientist Behind Editas, the Biotech Company Going Public With Google’s HelpMeet the Time-Traveling Scientist Behind Editas, the Biotech Company Going Public With Google’s Help
Technology
The Verge Review of Animals: The DogThe Verge Review of Animals: The Dog
Technology

Nature’s most adorable parasite.

By James Temple
Technology
How the Next Generation of Satellites May Help Battle Wildfires (Video)How the Next Generation of Satellites May Help Battle Wildfires (Video)
Technology

”It’s going to get worse, just by the nature of how the climate’s changing.”

By James Temple
Technology
Going Nuclear: The Fusion Race Is Heating Up. Will Anyone Cross the Finish Line? (Video)Going Nuclear: The Fusion Race Is Heating Up. Will Anyone Cross the Finish Line? (Video)
Technology

Welcome to the Wild West of fusion.

By James Temple
Technology
Re/code on the Airwaves: Fitbit’s IPO, the Next Apple Watch and MoreRe/code on the Airwaves: Fitbit’s IPO, the Next Apple Watch and More
Technology

Re/coders took to the airwaves to discuss the latest tech news.

By James Temple
Technology
Missed Code Conference? Here Are the Highlights in Three Minutes. (Video)Missed Code Conference? Here Are the Highlights in Three Minutes. (Video)
Technology

The “mad as hell” rant, phosphorus triangles and more.

By James Temple
Technology
See Kara’s Flight Under the Golden Gate Bridge -- Captured With GoPro’s New VR CameraSee Kara’s Flight Under the Golden Gate Bridge -- Captured With GoPro’s New VR Camera
Technology

The footage was captured with GoPro’s forthcoming Six-Camera Spherical Array.

By James Temple
Technology
Tech Leaders Confront the Lack of Diversity at Their Companies (Video)Tech Leaders Confront the Lack of Diversity at Their Companies (Video)
Technology

The typical answer: Not so much.

By James Temple
Technology
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Code (Video)What to Expect When You’re Expecting Code (Video)
Technology

Here are the themes Kara and Walt plan to explore with this year’s speakers.

By James Temple
Technology
Xiaomi’s President on Mobile Wallets, High-End Phones and More (Video)Xiaomi’s President on Mobile Wallets, High-End Phones and More (Video)
Technology

Re/code’s Walt Mossberg interviews Xiaomi’s Bin Lin onstage at the Grand Millennium Beijing.

By James Temple