The Bulletin welcomes Sharon Weinberger as editor-in-chief
By Sarah Starkey | What's New at the Bulletin | August 3, 2026
Editor-in-chief Sharon Weinberger.
The Bulletin is honored to welcome Sharon Weinberger as editor-in-chief.
She has been a writer and editor focusing on national security, science and technology for more than 25 years, and was most recently the National Security Editor of the Wall Street Journal.
“I am thrilled to have Sharon Weinberger joining as our next editor-in-chief,” said Bulletin President and CEO Alexandra Bell. “She is committed to our mission to inform the public about human-caused existential threats and understands the essential role of a free and fair press in managing those threats. Armed with integrity, experience, and expertise, Sharon will help build the next great chapter in the Bulletin‘s storied history.”
Weinberger is author of the forthcoming book Valley of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War. Her prior books include The Imagineers of War, A Nuclear Family Vacation and Imaginary Weapons.
“My career has been dedicated to covering the intersection of science, technology, and national security, examining how advances in these fields create both extraordinary opportunities and profound new risks,” said Weinberger. “The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has long been at the forefront of helping the public understand these issues, and I look forward to building on its extraordinary legacy by working with its staff and contributors to produce ambitious journalism and authoritative analysis that informs the debate on the defining challenges of our time.”
Weinberger was a 2026 Omidyar Network reporter-in-residence and has also held fellowships at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, MIT’s Knight Science Journalism program, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the International Reporting Project at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Nature and WIRED, among many other publications.
She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and lives in Washington, D.C.
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