His work has appeared extensively in Wired.com, and Singel co-founded the Threat Level blog with journalist and convicted hacker Kevin Lee Poulsen.
Singel has covered issues of government monitoring, and has been a chronicler of AT&T's alleged involvement in the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy.
Involvement by Wired News in the case has been criticized by federal authorities.
[1][2] Singel also founded a copy editing company called The Universal Desk in 2009.
In 2012, Singel left his job at Wired to run the startup called Contextly, an engagement platform for publishers.