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Jake Williams

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  • Vice President, Community and Content, Statescoop
  • Vice President, Community and Content, EdScoop
Urbana
As seen in: EdScoop, Statescoop, Apple Podcasts, MSN, British Ecological Society (Wiley), Wiley Online Library, Kickstarter, PLOS, Chicago Tribune, Sydney Morning Herald, The Globe and Mail, The Hill and
Covers:  Government, technology, emerging tech, smart cities
Doesn't Cover: Anything that doesn't have a government or technology angle
(he/him) VP - SLED, @ScoopNewsGroup (@State_Scoop, @EdScoop_news) (PA - DC - TX - BXL - CU IL). Aspiring food person. Personal account.

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Jake Williams’s Biography

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Jake Williams is an award-winning publisher and journalist based in Austin, Texas.

Currently, Williams is the Associate Publisher & Director of Strategic Initiatives for StateScoop, where he focuses on technology initiatives and policies in state and local governments. Williams and his team at StateScoop are recipients of the 2018 Online Publication of the Year award from the American Society of Business Press Editors.

As StateScoop’s associate publisher, Williams and his team have helped grow…

Jake Williams’s Journalist Portfolio

State GIS leaders look for collaboration with tribal governments

State GIS leaders look for collaboration with tribal governments

Government technologists across levels of government regularly call on the need to collaborate, but in New Me…

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Employee engagement, cost benefit key to shared services discussions

Employee engagement, cost benefit key to shared services discussions

Although Vermont has been using shared services since the 1990s, the state's most recent consolidation has po…

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Pennsylvania focuses on making state government more efficient in IT strategic plan | StateScoop

Pennsylvania focuses on making state government more efficient in IT strategic plan | StateScoop

Pennsylvania hopes to make government systems more efficient under its new strategic plan, Chief Information …

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StateScoop names top state IT, cybersecurity leaders with annual StateScoop 50 Awards

StateScoop names top state IT, cybersecurity leaders with annual StateScoop 50 Awards

The 2017 winners of the StateScoop 50 Awards, which highlight the best and brightest in the state IT communit…

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Christie reorganizes state tech structure, appoints first state CTO

Christie reorganizes state tech structure, appoints first state CTO

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appointed David Weinstein as the state's first chief technology officer, a new…

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Articles

Masque Transforms ‘The Pain, The Pain’ Into An Energetic House Anthem

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| EDM Honey Verified
Masque is tearing up his own playbook — sort of. The artist, best known for theatrical, dance-inflected rock anthems, has just dropped a remix that pushes one of his standout tracks, "The Pain, The Pain," even further into club territory. The bones of that dancefloor instinct were always there; this remix just strips away the rock theatrics to let the rhythm take full control. The shift is still striking.
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High School Students Dive into Aerospace Research at Regional Student Conferences

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By Jake Williams Verified
| Aerospace America Verified
At AIAA Regional Student Conferences students present their research in a formal technical meeting atmosphere, as well as exchanging ideas and discussing programs with students from other schools in the region. 2026 marks the first time that every student conference featured a dedicated track for high school students to present their work. Between the six 2026 Regional Student Conferences held in the United States, a total of 42 papers were presented by high school students.
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Taking the Pulse at FMDD

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| Officeinsight Verified
NeoCon is no longer the only show in Chicago in June. The city’s official designation of Chicago Design Week last year signals that Chicago — including Fulton Market and areas beyond — are also primed for design exploration. Opinions on the shift vary. Is the change good for the industry’s most important event? During Chicago Design Week, I spent time traveling between THE MART and Fulton Market.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was a stringer for my home county newspaper in Pennsylvania, the Pike County Dispatch.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! I own one and use it when I'm feeling hipster and saucy. I can never understand why the words don't appear on my computer screen, though

How is social media changing news?

I speak about this topic a lot, and the answer changes every week. Tweet me to find out.

Awards

American Society of Business Press Editors

2018 - Website of the Year

The Society's top award each year goes to business publications that demonstrate consistent editorial and design quality, and provide extraordinary reader service. Judging is based on: 1) quality of writing, reporting and editing: 2) value and usefulness to the reader: 3) editorial organization; 4) interaction with readers; and 5) layout and design.

American Society of Business Press Editors

2018 - Online Single Topic Coverage By a Team