Walter Thompson

Senior Editor

Senior Editor Walter Thompson manages Extra Crunch and TechCrunch’s guest post program. Previously, he was City Editor for Hoodline and managed content development, marketing and community management for a number of startups.

He also hosts The Golden City, a podcast that presents stories from San Francisco’s past, present and future.

The Latest from Walter Thompson

Extra Crunch Friday roundup: Edtech funding surges, Poland VC survey, inside Shift’s SPAC plan, more

Sep 11, 2020 Walter Thompson

A look back at Extra Crunch's top stories over the last few days.

Four views: How will the work visa ban affect tech and which changes will last?

Jun 28, 2020 Walter Thompson Danny Crichton Zack Whittaker Alex Wilhelm Natasha Mascarenhas

Four TechCrunch staffers discuss the potential impacts of the government's decision to halt all new work visas through the end of the year.

Four perspectives: Will Apple trim App Store fees?

Jun 25, 2020 Devin Coldewey Sarah Perez Darrell Etherington Walter Thompson Lucas Matney

The fact that Apple takes a 30% cut of subscriptions purchased via the App Store isn’t news. But since the company threatened to boot email app Hey from the platform last week unless its develop

Trump’s worker visa ban will hit Silicon Valley hard

Jun 23, 2020 Walter Thompson

"This would be a blow to very early-stage tech companies trying to get off the ground."

‘Thinking out loud’ with TechCrunch senior editor Alex Wilhelm

Mar 06, 2020 Walter Thompson Alex Wilhelm

"TechCrunch as an organization is now doing three things at once. We've always done news and events. And now we're doing something a little bit different at the same time."

Submit a guest column to Extra Crunch (and TechCrunch)

Nov 20, 2019 Walter Thompson Eric Eldon

We're changing how guest columns work here at TechCrunch, with the goal of publishing more about key topics for our startup founder audience.