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Kara Swisher
Swisher at South by Southwest, 2019
Kara Swisher
BornKara Anne Swisher
12/11/1962
BirthplaceUnited States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJournalist, podcast host, author
Known forCo-founding Recode, All Things Digital, On with Kara Swisher podcast, Pivot podcast
EducationGeorgetown University (BS)
Columbia University (MS)
Spouse(s)
  • Megan Smith (m. 1999; div. 2017)
  • Amanda Katz
AwardsGerald Loeb Award

Vox Media,Walt Mossberg [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [5] [7] Steve Jobs,Bill Gates,Mark Zuckerberg,[1] [8] Vox Media,Ashlee Vance Elon Musk.<ref>"What's the Deal with Elon Musk? Ashlee Vance Tells All on Recode Decode". Recode. 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref <ref {{cite news |date=2011-10 |title=Kara Swisher Suffered a Mini-Stroke, But She Seems to Be OK |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/kara-swisher-suffered-a-mini-stroke-but-she-seems-to-be-ok-2011-10 |work=Business Insider |access-date=2026-02-23}}<<ref {{cite news |last=Swisher |first=Kara |date=2019-03-05 |title=Luke Perry, 90210, Stroke |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/opinion/luke-perry-90210-stroke.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2026-02-23}}<<ref>Swisher, Kara. "The Media Must Learn From the Covington Catholic Story". The Atlantic. 2019-01. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<Pete Buttigieg,<ref>"The State of U.S. Democracy: Pete Buttigieg joins the "On with Kara Swisher" podcast". University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. 2025-08-23. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref {{cite news |date=2025-11-04 |title=Kara Swisher Would Rather Work for Sam Altman Than Mark Zuckerberg |url=https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-kara-swisher/ |work=Wired |access-date=2026-02-23}}<<ref {{cite news |date=2026-01 |title=Kara Swisher on the Blind Spot That Broke Big Tech |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-kara-swisher-weekend-interview/ |work=Bloomberg |access-date=2026-02-23}}<<ref>"On With Kara Swisher". Rivian Stories. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<Mark Zuckerberg'<ref {{cite news |date=2026-02-18 |title=Kara Swisher says Mark Zuckerberg 'pushing down his responsibility' amid landmark social media addiction trial |url=https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/business/video/kara-swisher-mark-zuckerberg |work=CNN |access-date=2026-02-23}}<<ref Donald Trump <ref>"CNN's Kara Swisher Cuts Deep at Trump Over Kaitlan Collins Meltdown — And Why She 'Got Under His Skin'". Yahoo News. 2026. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref {{cite news |date=2016 |title=Tech journalist Kara Swisher plans to run for San Francisco |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Tech-journalist-Kara-Swisher-plans-to-run-for-San-7249640.php |work=SFGate |access-date=2026-02-23}}<<ref>"Recode's Kara Swisher: Tech Disrupter Plots Political Move". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<Megan Smith,Barack Obama,<ref Luke Perry <ref Olivia Nuzzi–Ryan Lizza–Robert F. Kennedy Jr. <ref {{cite news |date=2025-12-20 |title=Hero of 2025: Kara Swisher |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/hero-of-2025-kara-swisher/ |work=Mother Jones |access-date=2026-02-23}}<<ref {{cite web |title=Loeb Award Winners |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401042854/https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/media-relations/2011/loeb-award-winners |publisher=UCLA Anderson School of Management |date=2011 |access-date=2026-02-23}}<<ref>"PR 104-11". City of New York, Office of the Mayor. 2011. Retrieved 2026-02-23.<<ref <ref <ref <ref <ref <ref Joanna Stern Ezra Klein Christopher Mims Kerry Dolan Jason Feifer Linette Lopez <refe

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher Launch Re/code". Mashable. 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  2. ↑ "Kara Swisher". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  3. ↑ "CNN Original Series Releases First Look and Introduces "Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever"". CNN Pressroom. 2026-01-29. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  4. ↑ "The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Kara Swisher". Tim Ferriss. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Kara Swisher". Columbia University Entrepreneurship. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  6. ↑ "Top Internet Journalists Talk News". The Hoya. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  7. ↑ "Opinion: Book Explores Went". Access My Library. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
  8. ↑ "Kara Swisher: Silicon Valley's Most Powerful Snoop". New York Magazine. 2014-07. Retrieved 2026-02-23.