Writer. Editor. Traveler.

Tobey Grumet Segal

I am a journalist, Content Creator, Writer and Editor with significant experience in print and digital media, including CNN, The Guardian, NY Magazine, InStyle, Sports Illustrated, Lonely Planet and Gawker Media.

In addition to offering high editorial standards, I have extensive knowledge and contacts in a dynamic array of lifestyle categories such as travel, tech, food, wine and spirits, parenting, home and garden, luxury, fashion and design.

After spending an exciting eight years at Popular Mechanics magazine as its first female Technology Editor, I then went on to help Gizmodo build an audience as a Contributing Writer (and also happened the be the first woman on that team as well).

In addition to covering the launch of many of the most critical tech products to date, I decided to help bring well-needed coverage on these topics to women’s and general lifestyle media and spent two years as a Contributor at InStyle magazine before striking out independently to concentrate on wine/spirits, dining, shopping, luxury and travel at Details, Men’s Journal and New York Magazine.

Most recently, I was the Reviews Editor at CNN, where I also pioneered the food, wine, spirits and cocktails vertical.

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Work Experience

A career spanning print, digital, and broadcast media — from technology pioneer to lifestyle authority.

CNN

Reviews Editor

2020 – Present

Reviews Editor covering lifestyle categories. Pioneered the food, wine, spirits and cocktails vertical for CNN Underscored.

Popular Mechanics

Technology Editor

2005 – 2013

First female Technology Editor. Covered the launch of many of the most critical consumer tech products of the era, establishing the magazine’s authoritative voice in consumer technology.

Gizmodo & InStyle

Contributing Writer

2013 – 2016

Contributed to Gizmodo as a technology writer, then helped bring tech and lifestyle coverage to women’s media at InStyle as a 2-year contributor, focusing on wine/spirits, dining, luxury and travel.