Douglas Banks

Doug Banks is editor of Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, a weekly publication and daily news web site that spotlights technology entrepreneurs, early-stage companies and emerging technologies in New England.

Doug joined MHT in 2005 and led a redesign of the publication in 2006. In that time, MHT has launched several new programs, a new web site and industry-specific newsletters including daily BioFlash and FinanceFlash as well as a weekly GreenFlash. Mass High Tech has won several recent journalism awards, including a 2007 top design award by the New England Press Association (NEPA) and a 2007 certificate of merit for general excellence by the national Society of Business Editors and Writers (SABEW).

From 2001 to 2005, Doug was associate editor of the Boston Business Journal (BBJ). He came to the BBJ from Fast Company magazine, where he had been a staff editor after an earlier stint as a reporter/editor at the BBJ in the late 1990s.

Outside the newsroom, Doug is a steering committee member for the MIT Enterprise Forum Innovation Series and works closely with several other regional technology associations. He has taught journalism and writing at Emerson College and Boston University, and other colleges. He is vice president of the board of directors at Housing Families Inc., a Massachusetts nonprofit that provides housing for homeless families, and is an advisory board member of Families for Depression Awareness, a Waltham nonprofit that aims to help families recognize and cope with depressive disorders.

A native of Worcester, Banks received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a master’s of fine arts in nonfiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh. He is the father of two children: Jeremy, 8, and Julia, 6.