Title Technology Editor Company The Economist Bio Riva Richmond is a New York-based technology editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit. She has reported and written about technology more than a decade, much of that time focused on information security and privacy issues. Prior to her current position, Riva was a freelance journalist writing for The New York Times, Entrepreneur.com, The Wall Street Journal and other national publications. She was previously a reporter covering technology companies at Dow Jones News Service.