Molly Wood

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Molly Wood
Image of Molly Wood for a podcast she hosted with Kai Ryssdal “Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly“
Born
Molly Kristin Wood
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Montana
Known forMarketplace, Marketplace Tech, podcasting
Notable work
  • Buzz Out Loud
  • The Buzz Report
  • CNET Mailbag
  • CNET Tech Review
  • Molly Rants Blog
  • Gadgettes podcast
  • Always On
  • Make Me Smart podcast
  • Marketplace Tech
  • This Week in Startups podcast

Molly Wood is an American podcast host and journalist.[1]

Early life and education

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]

Career

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 firm, 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]

References

  1. ^ Molly Wood and Tom Merritt (October 12, 2007). "Buzz Out Loud 581: The Final EULA!". bol.cnet.com (Podcast). Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Wood, Molly (October 7, 2013). "Next steps and new adventures". CNET. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Colophon". Montana Kaiman. May 2, 1997. p. 2. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "Molly Wood Joins New York Times". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 16, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  5. ^ James, Meg (March 18, 2015). "Public radio's Marketplace hires Molly Wood as new host". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  6. ^ Goode, Justine (May 15, 2020). "Six Podcasts to Keep Up With, Even in Quarantine". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  7. ^ Falk, Tyler (November 8, 2021). "Molly Wood to leave American Public Media". Current. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  8. ^ "Introducing Molly Wood Media". Twitter. Retrieved May 21, 2023.