Joanna Stern

Joanna Stern (born December 5, 1984)[1] 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. She became a personal technology columnist[2] at The Wall Street Journal in 2014, as part of the team that replaced Walt Mossberg.[3]

Joanna Ruth Stern
Stern in 2022
Born(1984-12-05)December 5, 1984
New York
Citizenship US
EducationUnion College
OccupationJournalist
Years active2006–now
SpouseMichelle Katharine Barna (married 2014)
WebsiteWSJ Profile

Journalism

Stern began her technology writing career at Laptop Magazine, where she reviewed laptops and netbooks.[4] 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,[5] which would later become The Verge.

In February 2012, Stern joined ABC News as a technology editor,[6] 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.[7]

In 2016, Stern received a Gerald Loeb Award[8] for her Wall Street Journal videos, including her video review of the Apple Watch (which includes a cameo appearance by Rupert Murdoch)[9] and another where she "rode" on a router that had a shape like a spaceship.[10] She is also a CNBC contributor,[11] often appearing on Tech Check.[12] In September 2021, she won a News & Documentary Emmy Award[13] for her Wall Street Journal documentary on death and technology.[14] Stern received a second Gerald Loeb Award in 2022 for an article on TikTok.[15][16]

In April 2023, Stern wrote a column where she described how she created an AI version of herself using Synthesia, an artificial intelligence company that creates avatars from recorded video and audio, and ElevenLabs, a developer of speech software using artificial intelligence. One of her goals was to determine its effect on her productivity as well as seeing how humanlike the technology was by seeing if it could replace her. She noted the potential for the technology to write her column and host her videos but also said it highlighted the double-edged sword.[17]

Personal life

In February 2009, Stern met her wife on Twitter, where she then proposed to her in 2013.[18] They live in the New York area with their children. She has written an article that jokingly names their dog as a co-author.[19] Stern is Jewish.[20]

References
  1. @JoannaStern (November 23, 2020). "@KenFromChicago LOL. Also, someone needs to correct this for the entire internet: I was born in 1984!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "Joanna Stern — Senior Personal Technology Columnist at The Wall Street Journal". WSJ. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  3. "WSJ names Mossberg's replacements – Talking Biz News". talkingbiznews.com. December 16, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  4. Stern, Joanna (May 12, 2009). "Dear Della, Sexism Doesn't Sell Laptops". Laptop Magazine. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  5. "Former Engadget team headed for new tech site". CNET. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  6. "The Verge Is Losing A Founding Member To ABC News". Business Insider. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  7. Fitzgerald, Brian R. (December 16, 2013). "WSJ Announces Personal Tech Reviewing Team". WSJ. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  8. Daillak, Jonathan. "UCLA Anderson School honors 2016 Gerald Loeb Award winners". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  9. Stern, Joanna (April 8, 2015). "Apple Watch: What Living With It Is Really Like". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  10. Stern, Joanna (February 3, 2015). "How to Improve Your Home Wi-Fi". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  11. "Joanna Stern". CNBC. September 27, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  12. "CNBC Search : Find stock quotes, news, videos and more". CNBC. May 3, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  13. "42nd Annual News & Documentary Nominations – The Emmys". theemmys.tv. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  14. @newsemmys (September 29, 2021). "The #NewsEmmys Award for Outstanding Science, Technology or Environmental Coverage goes to "E-ternal: A Tech Quest…" (Tweet). Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Twitter.
  15. Daillak, Jonathan (September 30, 2022). "Winners of the 2022 Gerald Loeb Awards Announced by UCLA Anderson at New York City Event" (Press release). UCLA Anderson School of Management. PR Newswire.
  16. WSJ Staff (July 21, 2021). "Inside TikTok's Algorithm: A WSJ Video Investigation". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  17. Stern, Joanna (April 28, 2023). "I Cloned Myself With AI. She Fooled My Bank and My Family". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  18. Mallozzi, Vincent M. (September 14, 2014). "A Spark Ignited on Twitter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  19. Stern, Joanna; Barna-Stern, Browser (December 13, 2016). "The Dumb, Delightful World of Pet Tech". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  20. @JoannaStern (December 11, 2019). "As a Jewish resident of Jersey City and, you know, of the United States of America, I'm frightened and sickened" (Tweet). Retrieved September 2, 2021 – via Twitter.
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