Maria Korolov is an experienced technology journalist covering artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and extended reality for national technology publications. She regularly speaks at industry events and recently won the 2020 National Gold Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for her article Private 5G keeps Whirlpool driverless vehicles rolling. She is past president of the New England chapter of the Society of Professional Journalist, and a former chair of its International Journalism committee. She is the author of the SPJ’s Journalist’s Guide to the Geneva Conventions. She is the co-author of the book A Changing China and editor of Warren Liu’s book China Key Success Factors.