Joanna Stern on leaving WSJ, living with AI for a year, and launching an independent media company
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Nilay Patel
20d ago· 53 min readen
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Summary
Joanna Stern, former WSJ tech columnist and Verge co-founder, discusses her decision to leave her established role and launch an independent media venture in partnership with NBC. The article covers her year-long experiment living with AI tools, her reflections on the media industry's evolution, and her motivations for pursuing independence after years of contemplation. The conversation explores the intersection of AI, journalism, and entrepreneurship.
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You'll hear us reference the fact that she and I have been talking about her big move to go independent for ages now — it's something she's wanted to do and wrestled with for years.
She has a long list of interesting reasons about why now is the time.
The journalist and author of I Am Not a Robot on her year living with AI and starting New Things, her new media company.
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