Joanna Stern

Joanna Stern is an American technology journalist, best known for her videos and columns at The Wall Street Journal and technology news websites Engadget and The Verge. Stern became a personal technology columnist[1] at The Wall Street Journal in 2014, as part of the team that replaced Walt Mossberg.[2]

Journalism

Stern began her technology writing career at Laptop Magazine, where she reviewed laptops and netbooks. She then spent three years at Engadget, as reviews editor, writing various consumer technology reviews. In March 2011, she left Engadget with Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller, Chris Ziegler and other co-workers to create This Is My Next,[3] which would later become The Verge.

In February 2012, Stern joined ABC News as a technology editor,[4] hosting her own video series and appearing on the TV network's various shows as a technology expert. In December 2013, she and Geoffrey A. Fowler]were named personal technology columnists at The Wall Street Journal.[5] In 2016, Stern received a Gerald Loeb Award[6] for her Wall Street Journal videos, including her video review of the Apple Watch and another where she rode on a spaceship-looking router.

Personal life

In February 2009, Stern met her future wife on Twitter and then proposed to her on Twitter in 2013.[7] They live in New York area with their dog Browser. Browser has written a column for The Wall Street Journal.[8]

References

  1. "Joanna Stern - News, Articles, Biography, Photos - WSJ.com". WSJ. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  2. "WSJ names Mossberg’s replacements - Talking Biz News". talkingbiznews.com. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  3. "Former Engadget team headed for new tech site". CNET. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  4. "The Verge Is Losing A Founding Member To ABC News". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  5. Fitzgerald, Brian R. (2013-12-16). "WSJ Announces Personal Tech Reviewing Team". WSJ. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  6. Daillak, Jonathan. "UCLA Anderson School honors 2016 Gerald Loeb Award winners". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  7. Mallozzi, Vincent M. (2014-09-14). "A Spark Ignited on Twitter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  8. Stern, Joanna; Barna-Stern, Browser (2016-12-13). "The Dumb, Delightful World of Pet Tech". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
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