About

Sam Guzik is a journalist, futurist and product leader. He is a Product Director at The New York Times and a Senior Expert Advisor at the Future Today Strategy Group.

Before joining The Times, he led the product and design functions at New York Public Radio. Before that, he worked at Hearst Newspapers and served as editor for strategy and platforms in Newsday’s opinion department. In that role, he was a member of the editorial board, responsible for translating the board’s voice to digital platforms. He was a leader in planning and securing $1.5 million of grant funding for nextLI, a project dedicated to creating a community to discuss Long Island's future.

Sam has spoken across the world about emerging technologies and the impacts of artificial intelligence on media. He has taught video production, data visualization and interactive design at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He started his career as a reporter and photojournalist.

He holds an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business and is a graduate of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and Washington University in St. Louis.