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Recode technology podcast founder and both ‘ feared ’ and well-liked journalist
Name : Kara Swisher Job Title : Co-founder and Editor-at-Large Company : Recode
Kara Swisher is the co-founder and editor-at-large of Recode , producer and host of the Recode Decode and Pivot podcasts , and co-executive producer of the Code Conference series . She has a special series on MSNBC called Revolution on the impact of technology on work and society as a whole and is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times .
Before all of this , Swisher co-produced and co-hosted the Wall Street Journal ’ s " D : All Things Digital " conference series ( now called the Code conference ) with Walt Mossberg back in 2003 . It ’ s still the USA ’' s leading conference on technology and media , with interviewees including big names like Bill Gates , Steve Jobs , Mark Zuckerberg , Jeff Bezos , Google leadership team and Jack Dorsey .
Swisher worked in the Wall Street Journal ’ s San Francisco bureau and also wrote the " BoomTown " column , which appeared on the front page of the Marketplace section . Previously ,
Number of years working in the industry
20
Amount donated to charity
£ 1m
Swisher covered breaking news about the web ’ s major players and Internet policy issues and also wrote feature articles on technology .
Earlier in her career , Swisher worked as a reporter at the Washington Post and as an editor at the City Paper in Washington , DC . She graduated from Georgetown University ’ s School of Foreign Service and also holds a degree from Columbia University ’ s School of Journalism .
Swisher has written aol . com : How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates , Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web as well as the sequel , There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere : The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future .
Swisher has considered running for San Francisco Mayor but says she will wait until she is in her 70s .
She wears sunglasses indoors owing to her photosensitivity - sensitivity to UV rays from sunlight and other light sources such as indoor fluorescent light .
22 July 2021