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Walt Mossberg | |
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.jpg) Mossberg in 2009 | |
| Born | (1947-03-27)March 27, 1947 (age 78) Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brandeis University Columbia University |
| Occupations | Columnist, journalist |
| Website | www |
Walter S. Mossberg (born March 27, 1947) is an American retired technologyjournalist andmoderator.
From 1991 through 2013, he was the principal technology columnist forThe Wall Street Journal. He also co-foundedAllThingsD,Recode and theD andCode Conferences. From 2015 to 2017, Mossberg was Executive Editor ofThe Verge and Editor-at-Large ofRecode, web sites owned byVox Media. Mossberg wrote a weekly column for both and also had a weekly podcast, Ctrl-Walt-Delete. Mossberg was also co-executive producer of the annual Code Conference. He retired in July 2017.
Dow Jones announced on September 19, 2013, that Mossberg would leaveThe Wall Street Journal as part of the breakup withAllThingsD by the end of the year.[1] AllThingsD was a technology conference and web site owned by Dow Jones but created and operated by Mossberg andKara Swisher. Along with other reporters from AllThingsD, Mossberg and Swisher started a new media site calledRecode in 2014, which was acquired byVox Media in 2015.[2]
In April 2017, Mossberg announced his plans to retire.[3][4] He is on the board ofThe News Literacy Project.
Mossberg, a native ofWarwick, Rhode Island, is a graduate ofPilgrim High School,Brandeis University and theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Mossberg was a reporter and editor atThe Wall Street Journal from 1970 until the end of 2013. He was based in theJournal's Washington, D.C., office, where he spent 18 years covering national and international affairs before turning his attention to technology. Mossberg'sPersonal Technology column appeared every Thursday from 1991 through 2013. He also edited theDigital Solution column each Wednesday (authored by his colleague,Katherine Boehret), and wrote theMossberg's Mailbox column on Thursdays. He appeared weekly onCNBC, and in web videos, and was on numerous times a guest on theCharlie Rose Show,[5] airing on PBS stations.
In 1999, Mossberg became the first technology writer to receive theLoeb award for Commentary. In 2001, he won the World Technology Award for Media and Journalism and received an honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Rhode Island.[6] 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 "few reviewers have held so much power to shape an industry's successes and failures."[7] A 2007 profile in theNew Yorker was entitled "Everyone Listens to Walter Mossberg" and declared him "someone whose judgment can ratify years of effort or sink the show."[8]
In 2017, he received the Loeb Award's Lifetime Achievement Award.[9]
In partnership with his fellowJournal columnistKara Swisher, Mossberg created, produced and hosted theJournal's annualAll Things Digital conference inCarlsbad, California, in which well-known technology leaders, such asBill Gates,Steve Jobs andElon Musk,[10] appeared on stage without prepared remarks, or slides, and were interviewed by the two columnists.[11] That conference concept continues today in the form of their Code Conference. Mossberg and Swisher also co-edited theAll Things Digital web site, which included his columns, her blog and other posts.
On May 30, 2007, Mossberg and Swisher conducted a historic, unrehearsed, joint onstage interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.[12] Mossberg was one of only four journalists (alongsideSteven Levy,Ed Baig, andDavid Pogue) provided with advance access tothe first iPhone in order to review it.[13]
In September 2013, by mutual agreement,Dow Jones & Co. and Mossberg and Swisher announced they would not renew the contract withAllThingsD, and that Mossberg would be leavingThe Wall Street Journal by the end of the year.
On January 2, 2014, Mossberg and Swisher launchedRecode, a tech website.[14] The website was acquired byVox Media in May 2015 in an all-stock deal.[2]
On April 7, 2017, Mossberg announced his planned retirement, which occurred on July 3 of that year. "It just seems like the right time to step away", Mossberg wrote inRecode. "I'm ready for something new."[4] His final column was published on May 25, 2017.[15] His final Code Conference was May 30 – June 1, and his retirement podcast, performed live in New York, was on June 9.
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