New York Metro — Comms & Content for Frontier Tech

Dave Mosher

Strategic communications professional
I make science & technology make sense.

I thrive in the spaces around breakthroughs and their real-world impacts. Over my 20+ years in science and technology journalism and communications, I’ve helped frontier advances become stories people can understand and trust — from IBM Research’s progress in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and semiconductors to space startup launches, crisis planning, live webcasts, and reporting for WIRED, Business Insider, Popular Science, and more.

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Where I've worked or written
Media Credits

Past credits and bookings include The Today Show, CBS This Morning, 'What on Earth?' on the Science Channel, Fox & Friends, CNN, CNBC, PBS, Pix11, AP, Reuters, BBC News, Al Jazeera America, Cheddar, ABC Radio, BBC Radio, Marketplace Radio, Texas Public Radio, and more.

Now

IBM Research

I'm part of a cross-functional communications team at IBM Research, the beating heart of organic innovation at a storied technology company. I focus primarily on quantum computing and AI, plus semiconductors and other emerging research areas, and frequently support announcements across IBM's infrastructure, software, finance, and international/geo comms teams.

Day to day, that means meeting with executive leadership, interviewing subject matter experts, developing media campaigns, drafting press releases, wrangling messaging and talk tracks, pitching journalists, routing queries, media-training research staff, setting up and scripting press briefings, executing high-stakes launches, and more.

I actively explore and incorporate AI into my own work — via IBM Bob, Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT, and other tools — to research faster, automate the routine, and free up my and my colleagues' time for more of the creative, strategic, and human-to-human work that drives success.

Selected Work

Career Highlights

Leading comms and content across a Nasdaq-listed space startup and one of the world's most-watched research labs.

IBM Sets Course for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
IBM Research
Helped lead the communications and media push for IBM's most significant quantum computing roadmap update in years.
IBM and Dallara Advance AI and Quantum-Powered Vehicle Design
IBM Research
Led this announcement end-to-end — research, messaging, media pitching, interviews — and helped orchestrate editorial, social, and enablement materials.
2025 Gold SABRE Award — Technology PR
AST SpaceMobile
Led the content behind "Solving the Last Great Connectivity Challenge" — PR's top honor for superior achievement in branding, reputation, and engagement.
BlueBird 1–5 Live Launch Webcast
AST SpaceMobile
Directed, produced, and hosted the company's first satellite launch webcast, aboard a SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral — 75,000+ live viewers.
Charles H. Bennett wins the ACM A.M. Turing Award
IBM Research
Led communications for the "Nobel Prize of computing," recognizing an IBM quantum-information pioneer.
Anderon — Quantum Semiconductor Foundry
IBM Research
Communications for America's first pure-play quantum processor wafer foundry.
World's first sub-1nm chip technology
IBM Research
Deep comms support for a global launch: 250+ original stories across major outlets.
The Coherence Times
IBM Research
Helped launch and produce IBM Think's quantum-focused podcast.
Taking AST SpaceMobile Public
AST SpaceMobile
Supported comms for the startup's 2021 Nasdaq debut: helped land the announcement, built and ran the social and multimedia plan, and produced a video billboard on the Nasdaq tower in Times Square.
Before PR

Selected Writing

A small sample of reporting bylines that still inform how I write, edit, and communicate today.

The Plutonium-238 Problem
WIRED — Feature
A deeply reported feature on the fuel shortage threatening deep-space exploration.
Developer of Robot Scientist Wants to Standardize Science
WIRED — News
Story about computer scientist and biologist trying to make science more machine-readable.
10 Projects That Push the Limits of Engineering
Scientific American — Cover Story Package
An involved assignment covering ambitious feats of technology that seem impossible.
CIMON: IBM Watson AI Aboard the ISS
Business Insider - News
Coverage of the first AI-powered robot to fly on the International Space Station.
NASA and Google Use AI to Find New Kepler Planets
Business Insider - News
Early coverage of machine learning applied to exoplanet discovery.
Tour Abandoned North Brother Island
Business Insider — Photography & Reporting
An original photo essay on a forgotten NYC island; set a site record with 100M+ pageviews in its first months.
SpaceX Buys Out a Texas Village for Starship
Business Insider — Investigation
Industry-wide coverage of SpaceX's early Starship-Super Heavy development at Boca Chica.
Expertise

Topics & Industries

Artificial Intelligence Quantum Computing Semiconductors Technical Translation Media Relations Investigative Journalism Executive Storytelling Crisis Communications Space Exploration Astronomy & Astrophysics Climate & Environment Startups & Venture Capital Corporate Communications Investor Communications
Background

Career Snapshot

2025 – now
External Relations Professional
IBM Research — Quantum, AI, Semiconductors
2021 – 2025
PR Executive & Head of Content
AST SpaceMobile (Nasdaq: ASTS)
2025 SABRE Award · Supported $1B+ in capital raises
2015 – 2021
Deputy Editor, Science → Correspondent → Senior Correspondent
Business Insider / Insider
Two "Rock Star" awards · On-air for BBC, PBS, CNN, The Science Channel
2012 – 2015
Projects Editor → Online Director
Popular Science
Lead magazine spokesperson · CBS This Morning, Fox & Friends, PBS
2010 – 2012
Contributor
WIRED (Condé Nast)
2009 – 2010
Web Producer
Simons Foundation
2008 – 2009
Producer, Digital Media
Discovery Communications
2007 – 2008
Staff Writer
Space.com / LiveScience (Imaginova)
2006 – now
Freelance Journalist, Producer & Voiceover Artist
WIRED · Scientific American · National Geographic · Nature · Discover · and more

Outside of work, I serve as Technology Committee Chair for my kids' school PTA and coach youth sports, among other volunteer roles. I'm always trying to help nonprofits get organized, informed, and heard.

Freelance

Services

Voiceover & Hosting
Narration for video, podcast, corporate, and educational content. Live event and webcast hosting.
Writing & Editing
Features, scripts, newsletters, speeches, and web copy — from two decades in science journalism.
Content Production
Multimedia packages, video scripting and hosting, podcast production, and live event coverage.
AI Upskilling
Instruction and assistance to streamline or automate tiresome tasks and code toward new opportunities.