Education
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Dow Jones announced on September 19, 2013, that Mossberg would leave The Wall Street Journal as part of the breakup with AllThingsD by the end of the year. Along with other reporters from AllThingsD, Mossberg started a new media site called Re/code in 2014, which was acquired by Vox Media in 2015. Mossberg, a native of Warwick, Rhode Island, is a graduate of Brandeis University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
He is Jewish.
Mossberg was a reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal from 1970 until the end of 2013. He was based in the Journal"s Washington, District of Columbia, office, where he spent 18 years covering national and international affairs before turning his attention to technology. His Personal Technology column appeared every Thursday from 1991 through 2013.
He appears weekly on the Fox Business Network, and in web video reports, and formerly provided commentary in a segment on Personal Computer World"s Digital Duo, a computer program airing on Public Broadcasting Service stations.
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 "ew reviewers have held so much power to shape an industry"s successes and failures." He was also reported to have been the highest paid journalist at the Journal, with "his annual compensation approaching a million dollars."
Mossberg and Swisher also co-edited the All Things Digital web site, which included his columns, her blog and other posts.
On September 19, 2013 Dow Jones & Company announced it would not renew its contract with AllThingsD, and that Mossberg would be leaving The Wall Street Journal by the end of the year. Editor in chief Gerard Baker cited plans to add more staff and expand the Journal"s technology coverage.
On January 2, 2014, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher launched a new tech website called Re/code.
The website was acquired by Vox Media in May 2015 in an all-stock deal.