Zach Miners

As a staff writer for the IDG News Service, Zach covers social networking and startups, as well as mobile and consumer apps. He joined IDG in 2013 after working as a reporter for the Gray Sheet, a trade journal published by Elsevier focused on the medical technology industry, based in Washington, D.C. At the Gray Sheet, Zach covered mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy and business trends affecting medical device firms nationwide, as well as new products, FDA regulatory panels and hearings on Capitol Hill. Prior to the Gray Sheet, Zach covered federal education policy and education technology for U.S. News & World Report, in Washington, D.C. He also covered education issues for District Administration magazine, a national education trade publication based in Norwalk, Connecticut, after graduating from Fairfield University. Zach holds a B.A. from Fairfield, where he double majored in English and mathematics -- and double minored in film and psychology -- graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 2006.

When he is not reporting for IDG News Service, Zach enjoys playing guitar, going to concerts, and photography. He also loves road trips, skiing and exploring new places in the San Francisco Bay area.