President Barack Obama will guest-edit the November issue of Wired, and the White House will convene a “Frontiers conference” inspired by the issue. | AP Photo Obama to guest edit Wired magazine

Barack Obama will soon be able to add another title to his post-presidential résumé: guest editor of Wired magazine.

Following in the footsteps of first lady Michelle Obama, who guest-edited More magazine in 2015, Obama will become the first president to guest edit a magazine, the publication said Tuesday, announcing that the November issue’s theme would be “Frontiers.”


“When the Founders wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, they were at the bleeding edge of Enlightenment philosophy and technology,” Wired dditor in chief Scott Dadich said of the issue, which will be available digitally on Oct. 18. “Franklin was talking about crazy stuff like electricity and communications networks. Paine gave up the copyright to Common Sense so it could get wider publication. Jefferson was radically rethinking design and land use. We want to wrestle with the idea of how today’s technology can influence political leadership. And who better to help us explore these ideas than President Obama?”

The magazine also noted in its announcement that the White House will convene a “Frontiers conference” inspired by the issue that will be co-hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University on Oct. 13.

Others who have guest-edited Wired magazine include filmmaker J.J. Abrams, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and tennis champion Serena Williams.