Jeff John Roberts is a senior writer and prize-winning reporter at Fortune magazine, where he covers cryptocurrency, law, finance, and technology. He has also written for the New York Times, Reuters, the Economist, the Globe & Mail, and numerous other mainstream publications, as well as for the McGill Law Journal. He is a regular guest on radio and TV news programs, appearing on outlets such as the BBC, NPR, CBC, Fox Business, and CNBC.
A lawyer by training, Roberts passed the bar in both New York State and Ontario, Canada. He became a full-time journalist in 2010 after completing a Master of Arts at Columbia Journalism School. In 2016, he obtained a Master of Science and credits for the first year of an MBA while attending the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship at the Business and Journalism Schools at Columbia. In addition, Roberts holds a BA and an LLB/BCL from the McGill Faculty of Law.
In the course of his journalism career, Roberts has covered the intersection of law and technology, focusing on topics as diverse as high-tech patent litigation, the Federal Communications Commission, and digital payment systems. He has covered blockchain and cryptocurrency since 2013 and regularly interviews the most influential people in the industry.