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David LaGesse started writing about personal technology for U.S. News & World Report more than six years ago. He also writes about corporate trends, strategies and executives; he has spent more than a decade as a business writer at newspapers.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. LaGesse is a senior writer with an emphasis on technology and personal technology. He is interested in receiving story ideas based on business strategy and also looks for corporate and executive profiles, typically all with an emphasis on technology. Mr. LaGesse also writes a Web column on personal technology, which is more product- and service-oriented. He is not interested in receiving news on executive promotions.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. LaGesse is responsible for the magazine's annual holiday gift-guide, mainly featuring outstanding products that he has covered in the past months. For review, he prefers to receive "hero" products, which are considered the stellar product of the brand. His lead time is one month, but products may be received a week ahead of time. He is especially interested in product trends for the guide, or how new products integrate with other new or existing products.[CR-LF][CR-LF]High resolution pictures or attachments are not necessary at first; Mr. LaGesse will request them as needed. The magazine goes to print weekly, but he blogs daily for the Web site.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. LaGesse prefers e-mails with a subject line that does not look like spam. He asks that pitches be brief and to the point because he does not read past the first few lines and will very quickly decide whether he is interested or not. He does notice subject lines mentioning his online column.[CR-LF][CR-LF]David LaGesse blogs at http://www.usnews.com/blogs/daves-download/index.html

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