Kevin Randall’s Biography

I write for The New York Times (three A1 stories and an interview with the Dalai Lama)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/world/dalai-lama-website-atlas-of-emotions.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/world/americas/neuropolitics-where-campaigns-try-to-read-your-mind.html (AI) http://www.nytimes.com/images/2015/11/04/nytfrontpage/scan.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/26/sports/nba-bucks-looking-for-an-edge-hire-expert-in-face-time.html (A1) http://www.nytimes.com/images/2014/12/26/nytfrontpage/scan.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/sports/football/usfl-technology-ball-spotting.html (A1)
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/04/20/nytfrontpage/scan.pdf Vanity Fair http://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/kevin-randall
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/05/the-americans-real and The Economist http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21642065-attempt-stake-claim-airless-desert-lunar-lunacy http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2014/06/future-nasa (one-on-one Elon Musk interview) http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2014/02/lunar-property-rights http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21591836-entrepreneurs-new-technologies-flock-together-those-behind-new, The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/17/parler-apple-app-store/, Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-most-attractive-cities-to-move-to-for-work and WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/chatroulette-rise-again-help-ai/.

My Page One story in The New York Times on neuropolitics broke news and new ground. It tapped into over 100 sources and spanned more than a dozen countries around the world resulting in major media coverage in Mexico and the president's governing party vowing to stop using neuromarketing tools (follow up piece with Elisabeth Malkin http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/world/americas/mexicos-governing-party-vows-to-stop-using-neuromarketing-to-study-voters.html). Other outlets to pick up and FOLLOW the story included: The Washington Post ('Good Reads Elsewhere') https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/11/04/the-daily-202-from-coast-to-coast-conservatives-score-huge-victories-in-off-year-elections/, Politico ('FRONT PAGES') http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/new-york-playbook/2015/11/politico-new-york-playbook-presented-by-nuclear-matters-silvers-trial-de-blasios-consultants-election-results-guide-211075, Fox News https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20151104_200000_Shepard_Smith_Reporting?q=rubio#start/3180/end/3240, The Drudge Report http://www.drudgereportarchives.net/Article.php?ID=775368&, Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/side-effects/201511/the-biological-citizen-neuropolitics-aim-and-danger, Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerdooley/2015/11/20/do-neuromarketing-and-politics-mix/, RT https://www.rt.com/shows/watching-the-hawks/321540-face-scanners-us-elections/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL7F6nVYdn8 and Public Radio (my interview) http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2015/11/03/45085/the-political-candidates-using-neuroscience-to-get/. This story also led to speaking invitations from Harvard University and Telefónica (Madrid) https://espacio.fundaciontelefonica.com/evento/podremos-transformar-nuestras-emociones/.

My Page One story in The New York Times on the use of facial coding in pro sports broke news with the media cycle sourcing and FOLLOWING including ESPN (home page 'Top Headlines') http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12080142/milwaukee-bucks-hire-facial-coding-expert-help-team-improve http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12331388/the-great-analytics-rankings#nba-mil, ABC's "Good Morning America" http://youtu.be/mEQFczrenHU, The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2014/12/26/milwaukee-bucks-owners-employ-face-reading-expert-to-bolster-team-chemistry/, New York Magazine http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/01/can-micro-expressions-lead-to-better-hiring.html, Sports Illustrated https://twitter.com/120sports/status/548868913425956864, the NBA http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/12/27/morning-shootaround-dec-27-2/, Deadspin http://deadspin.com/read-the-bullshit-charts-a-scientist-is-hawking-to-sp-1686686398, Fox Sports http://www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/lebron-james-30th-birthday-jimmy-butler-goran-dragic-starting-five-123014, Vice https://sports.vice.com/article/the-bad-science-fueling-a-new-wave-of-sports-analytics, The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/sport/sports_technology_awards/11369964/Sports-tech-pushes-the-limits.html and Harvard Kennedy School (course syllabus, page 9) http://www.hks.harvard.edu/syllabus/MLD-302.pdf ...leading to appearances on CNBC's "Squawk Box" http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000342314 and CBS Sports Radio http://tikiandtierney.radio.cbssports.com/audio/the-jody-mac-show/the-jody-mac-show-kevin-randall-ny-times-writer/#.VKraeyIOOLw.twitter.

My Dalai Lama story for The New York Times broke news with outlets such as CNN, NPR, People, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Tibet.net (Central Tibetan Administration), Business Insider, The Week, Vice, Gizmodo, Huffington Post, Silicon Beat, L'Express and Zeit following.

As a Columnist for Fast Company http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/kevin-randall, I broke news on politicians using neuromarketing--with The New York Times http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/morning-take-out-121/ and The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/11/how-political-strategists-are-reading-your-mind/66127/ citing and FOLLOWING my story. My thoughts and stories on innovation and neuroscience applications have appeared in The New York Times http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/how-online-retailers-read-your-mind, The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303360504577412063134809518.html, New York Magazine http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/10/has-the-age-of-neuromarketing-finally-arrived.html, Wired http://daily.wired.it/news/scienza/oscar-neuro-cinema.html, The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9984498/Neuromarketing-can-science-predict-what-well-buy.html, Smithsonian Magazine http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/this-is-your-brain-on-movies, Pacific Standard http://www.psmag.com/tag/neurocinema, Yahoo! Movies http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/blogs/the-projector/neurocinema-scariest-focus-group-technology-ever-070007676.html, Moviefone http://news.moviefone.ca/2011/03/01/neurocinema-hollywood-studios/, Real Clear Science http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2011/07/neuromusic-gives-new-meaning-to-formula-music.html, the Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/17/news/la-heb-facial-expressions-emotions-20120417, and on Fox http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2011/05/05/face-nation-sensory-logic-sees-secrets-candidates-mugs/.

Google invited me to speak to its leadership about brands--based on this white paper http://brandchannel.com/papers/its-a-fact-strong-brands-drive-b2b-markets/. I appear on The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business Radio channel to discuss branding and neuroscience http://wfoa.wharton.upenn.edu/neuromarketing/ https://soundcloud.com/user-414944777/kevin-randall. I've written about the future for Virgin Hyperloop One https://hyperloop-one.com/blog/satellite-cities-are-everywhere-and-they-might-save-our-urban-future. I am regularly quoted In Forbes--along with Donald Trump--on the mogul's brand value http://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2012/11/29/trump-brand-expands-to-south-america-the-donald-lends-his-name-to-luxury-tower-in-uruguay/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2012/11/13/teflon-don-why-macys-nbc-and-america-wont-dump-trump/2/ http://blogs.forbes.com/kerenblankfeld/2011/04/28/donald-trump-on-his-brand-value-forbes-numbers-are-ridiculous/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerenblankfeld/2010/09/24/donald-trump-some-day-forbes-will-get-my-number-right/2/.