Laurie Segall

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Laurie Segall
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Segall in 2021
Born (1985-08-18) August 18, 1985 (age 38)
EducationB.A.
Alma mater University of Michigan
Occupation Journalist
SpouseJon Jones (2022--)

Laurie Segall (born August 18, 1985) is an American journalist. Noted for interviewing leaders in technology, including Mark Zuckerberg [1] [2] and Tim Cook, [3] among others, she was the senior technology correspondent and an editor-at-large for CNN for more than a decade. [4] Segall also developed and hosted Mostly Human, an investigative docu-series that explored the impact of technology on sex, love, and death. [5]

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Biography

Segall was born to a Jewish family in the South although she attended a Christian school, Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. [6] She graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in political science. As a student she secured an internship with CNN and was subsequently hired full-time as a news assistant position at CNN. [6]

At CNN, Segall produced several digital short-form series, including “Sex, Drugs & Silicon Valley,” “Revenge Porn,” and “Secret Lives of Superhero Hackers.” [7] She later developed a series that would explore the larger implications of technology, Mostly Human, and successfully pitched the idea to CNN president Jeff Zucker. The six-episode series began airing in March 2017 on CNNgo, and in 2018 won a Webby Award in the documentary series category. [8] In addition to covering technology, Segall has reported on national breaking news, including the Boston Marathon bombing, and, as a field producer, Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Irma. Segall reconstructed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s deleted Instagram account, and tracked down and exclusively interviewed Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro's daughter, Angie Gregg. [9]

At 26, Segall appeared on Forbes "30 Under 30" list in the media category. [10] Mashable included her on their list of seven top journalists to subscribe to on Facebook. [11]

In February 2019 she announced that she would leave CNN after more than ten years at the network. She told Variety that she was "leaving to start my next chapter: a venture devoted to the intersection of technology and ethics." [12] In December 2019, Segall launched Dot Dot Dot Media as a content studio. [13]

In March 2021, Segall became a 60 Minutes+ correspondent for the new ViacomCBS streaming service Paramount+.

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