15 Facts About Walter Mossberg

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Walter S Mossberg was born on March 27,1947 and is an American technology journalist and moderator.

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Walter Mossberg co-founded AllThingsD, Recode and the D and Code Conferences.

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From 2015 to 2017, Mossberg was Executive Editor of The Verge and Editor-at-Large of Recode, web sites owned by Vox Media.

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Walter Mossberg wrote a weekly column for both and had a weekly podcast, Ctrl-Walt-Delete.

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Dow Jones announced on September 19,2013, that Walter Mossberg would leave The Wall Street Journal as part of the breakup with AllThingsD by the end of the year.

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Walter Mossberg serves on the board of The News Literacy Project.

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Walter Mossberg, a native of Warwick, Rhode Island, is a graduate of Pilgrim High School, Brandeis University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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Walter Mossberg was a reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal from 1970 until the end of 2013.

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Walter Mossberg was based in the Journal's Washington, DC, office, where he spent 18 years covering national and international affairs before turning his attention to technology.

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Walter Mossberg edited the Digital Solution column each Wednesday, and wrote the Mossberg's Mailbox column on Thursdays.

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Walter Mossberg appeared weekly on CNBC, and in web videos, and was on numerous times a guest on the Charlie Rose Show, airing on PBS stations.

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In 1999, Walter Mossberg became the first technology writer to receive the Loeb award for Commentary.

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Walter Mossberg is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers on information technology.

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In partnership with his fellow Journal columnist Kara Swisher, Walter Mossberg created, produced and hosted the Journal's annual All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California, in which well-know technology leaders, such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, appeared on stage without prepared remarks, or slides, and were interviewed by the two columnists.

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The next month, Walter Mossberg was one of only four journalists provided with advance access to the first iPhone in order to review it.