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Kara Swisher

Business journalist and co-founder of Recode

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Kara Swisher is a business journalist, author and media entrepreneur. She is the co-founder, executive editor and CEO of Recode, a technology advice and news website. Swisher is well-known for her stubbornness in dealing with tech industry controversies and her hard-hitting questions when interviewing heads of tech companies. Swisher was born in Bethesda, Maryland and attended Princeton University, where she received a B.A. in public policy and journalism. After working as a reporter for The Washington Post, Swisher moved to Silicon Valley and wrote for various publications, including Forbes and The Wall Street Journal. In 2006, she co-founded the AllThingsD conference, a premier technology conference for the technology and media industries. In 2013, she left the Wall Street Journal to co-found Recode, which she runs with longtime Business journalist Walt Mossberg. Swisher is a powerful voice in the tech industry. She has won numerous awards for her distinguished reporting, including a National Magazine Award, the ASME National Magazine Award for her column at The Wall Street Journal, the Hart-Throb Fulfillment Award, and the 2006 trailblazing women award. She has appeared before numerous congressional committees to speak on topics such as data privacy and net neutrality. Swisher also co-hosts the Recode Decode podcast, where she interviews tech industry leaders, politicians, and thought leaders. Her work has been featured in several books, including a book she co-wrote with Mossberg, Verge, and Here Comes Everyone: How Change Happens When Creative Group Collaboration Explodes. She was also featured in the 2019 documentary The Great Hack, which explored the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Kara Swisher is a formidable force in the tech industry. She is an ardent critic of the technology industry and is dedicated to providing critical and unbiased coverage of the industry's biggest news stories.

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"AOL.com" by Kara Swisher is a powerful and thought-provoking book about the power of the Internet and how it has forever changed the way we live, work and communicate, for both better and worse. Writ...

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"AOL.com" by Kara Swisher is a powerful and thought-provoking book about the power of the Internet and how it has forever changed the way we live, work and communicate, for both better and worse. Writ...

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The Trial by Franz Kafka is the story of a man named Joseph K., who is abruptly arrested and put on trial for a mysterious charge that remains a mystery up until the end. With no clear evidence of his...

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The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. is a timeless book on writing standards. This classic book, originally published in 1918 and often referred to as "Strunk and White," was written to help st...

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is a remarkable biography of the late Apple co-founder and innovator, Steve Jobs. It's an honest and detailed depiction of Jobs, from his creative and entrepreneurial gen...

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