Kara Swisher

Prominent American journalist, Kara Swisher is described to be Silicon Valley’s most powerful tech journalist. Famed as the Co-Founder of Recode and the Co-Executive Producer of the Code Conference, Kara has also previously written for the likes of The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Covering topical stories about the internet since 1994, Kara is now booked as a speaker to share her expertise in all things digital media.

After being educated in journalism at Columbia University, Kara began her illustrious career working for the Washington City Paper. Before long, she landed an internship with The Washington Post, impressing the organisation with her journalistic skills and later being hired full-time. Later, in 1997, Kara joined The Wall Street Journal and began writing the famed column Boom Town. Gaining acclaim for her column which focussed on the companies and culture of Silicon Valley, Kara joined forces with Walt Mossberg to launch the All Things Digital Conference and the blog AllThingsD.com.

To date, the All About Digital Conference has featured tech moguls such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Larry Ellison to name but a few. Today, Kara is the host of Sway, a podcast by Times that focuses on power and has seen Kara interview celebrities such as Sacha Baron Cohen and the Apple CEO Tim Cook. She is also a contributing writer of the New York Times Opinion section and the co-host of the Pivot podcast. Kara is also a published author, having written aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web and There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future.

Having created one of the leading conferences of the media and tech industries and covered some of the most prominent technology stories across the years, Kara is now a popular choice as a speaker to have appear at corporate and public events. With forefront knowledge on the web’s major players, various web policies and internet issues, Kara has spoken in the media on everything from Facebook amplifying and weaponising hate to Twitter and Facebook banning Donald Trump. When looking for an expert on technology and the media to speak at your next event, don’t hesitate in booking famed journalist Kara Swisher today.