Molly Wood | |
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 Image of Molly Wood for a podcast she hosted with Kai Ryssdal “Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly“ | |
| Born | Molly Kristin Wood |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Montana |
| Known for | Marketplace , Marketplace Tech, podcasting |
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Molly Wood is an American podcast host and journalist. [1]
Molly Wood studied journalism at the University of Montana. [2] During her senior year she was the editor of the weekly student newspaper, the Montana Kaimin. [3]
Before becoming a technology journalist, she worked at the Associated Press. Looking to get away from the negative aspects covering of hard news, she moved to California and took a job at MacHome Journal, where she said she discovered that she had always been a geek. She worked at CNET from 2000 to 2013, first as an editor. She later co-hosted the Buzz Out Loud podcast; "The Buzz Report", a web-based news show; and Always On , a talk show. [2] She joined The New York Times in 2014 as a deputy technology editor. [4] The following year, Wood became a tech correspondent and backup host for the US public radio program Marketplace and its various spinoffs. [5] There, she co-hosted the Make Me Smart [6] and Marketplace Tech podcasts. She left Marketplace in 2021 to join Launch, a venture capital film, where she was a podcaster and investor. [7] She left in March 2023 to found Molly Wood Media, an "angel investing and startup advisory firm". [8]
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