--- title: President Obama to Guest Edit Wired Magazine November Issue description: The first time a magazine has ever been guest edited by a sitting president, Obama's Wired issue will focus on the theme of frontiers canonical: https://time.com/4472382/president-obama-guest-edit-wired-magazine/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-30T14:37:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:05:54.942Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Obama Is Guest Editing Wired Magazine og:description: President Obama's Wired issue will focus on the theme of frontiers og:url: https://time.com/4472382/president-obama-guest-edit-wired-magazine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12b76dd1d64068b5/6988a42c5f570fed9cb225b2/ap_16242684107040.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Barack Obama og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Obama Is Guest Editing Wired Magazine twitter:description: President Obama's Wired issue will focus on the theme of frontiers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12b76dd1d64068b5/6988a42c5f570fed9cb225b2/ap_16242684107040.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Obama to Guest Edit _Wired_ Magazine's November Issue by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Aug 30, 2016 2:37 PM UTC  President Obama will be following the lead of J.J. Abrams, Bill Gates and Serena Williams by guest editing an issue of Wired magazine this November (file photo) President Obama will be following the lead of J.J. Abrams, Bill Gates and Serena Williams by guest editing an issue of Wired magazine this November (file photo)Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Aug 30, 2016 2:37 PM UTC [President Obama](http://time.com/4426150/dnc-barack-obama-transcript/) will be following the lead of [J.J. Abrams](http://time.com/4414409/star-trek-will-not-recast-yelchin-character-chekov/), Bill Gates and [Serena Williams](http://time.com/4471551/now-you-can-slay-the-game-like-serena-williams-with-snapchats-new-mobile-tennis-game/) by guest editing an issue of _Wired_ magazine this November. The first time a magazine has ever been guest edited by a sitting president, Obama’s _Wired_ issue will focus on the theme of frontiers. A [statement](http://www.wired.com/2016/08/president-barack-obama-will-guest-edit-wireds-november-issue) on the _Wired_ website explains that the president “wants to focus on the future – on the next hurdles that humanity will need to overcome to move forward,” including personal, national and international frontiers ranging from precision medicine to space travel. “We want to wrestle with the idea of how today’s technology can influence political leadership,” _Wired_‘s Editor In Chief Scott Dadich wrote on the site. “Who better to help us explore these ideas than President Obama?” This is not the first time the president has dabbled in magazine journalism. He penned a [powerful essay on feminism](http://time.com/money/4438926/barack-obama-glamour-interview-work-life-balance/) for _Wired_‘s sister publication, _Glamour_, for the magazine’s September issue. 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