Walter Mossberg
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Walter S. Mossberg (born March 27, 1947) is an American journalist who is the principal technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal. His Personal Technology column has appeared every Thursday since 1991. He also edits the Mossberg Solution column each Wednesday (authored by his colleague, Katherine Boehret), and writes the Mossberg's Mailbox column on Thursdays. He appears weekly on CNBC television.
Mossberg is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers on information technology. In 2004, in a lengthy profile, Wired called him "The Kingmaker", saying "[f]ew reviewers have held so much power to shape an industry's successes and failures."[1] He is also the highest paid journalist at the Journal.[2]
In partnership with his fellow Journal columnist Kara Swisher, Mossberg created, produces and hosts the Journal's annual D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, CA, in which top technology leaders, such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, appear on stage without prepared remarks, or slides, and are interviewed by the two columnists.[3]
Mossberg and Swisher also co-edit the All Things Digital web site, which includes his columns, her blog and other posts. The site is at allthingsd.com [1] .
Mossberg has been a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal since 1970. He is based in the Journal's Washington, D.C., office, where he spent 18 years covering national and international affairs before turning his attention to technology.
He is a native of Warwick, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brandeis University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
[edit] References
- ^ Deutschman, Alan. "The Kingmaker: Walt Mossberg makes or breaks products from his pundit perch at a little rag called The Wall Street Journal", Wired, May, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
- ^ Auletta, Ken. "Family Business: Dow Jones is not like other companies. How long can that go on?", The New Yorker, 2003-11-03. Retrieved on 2007-05-08. "...Mossberg is the paper’s highest-paid writer, earning, with bonuses, about five hundred thousand dollars a year; beginning reporters earn about forty-four thousand dollars, and senior correspondents as much as a hundred and forty thousand dollars."
- ^ D: All Things Digital The Wall Street Journal Executive Conference. The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
- Auletta, Ken. "Critical Mass: Everyone listens to Walter Mossberg.", The New Yorker, 2007-05-14. Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
