Joanna Stern is a technology journalist who started the tech media company New Things, publishing The New Things newsletter and video series about consumer technology and AI. Joanna is also chief technology analyst and a contributing correspondent at NBC News. Over 12 years at The Wall Street Journal, Joanna wrote personal technology columns and made videos, and created the 2021 documentary E-Ternal. Joanna's book I Am Not a Robot recounts a year spent using AI in nearly every part of daily life.12
At a glance
- Current roles
- Founder +1 more
- Companies
- New Things, NBC News
- Sector
- Independent
- Fields
- Teaching and writing
- Work listed
- 2
- Honors
- 2
- Sources cited
- 3
- Profile reviewed
Career
Joanna Stern worked at ABC News and helped start The Verge before spending 12 years at The Wall Street Journal, where Stern wrote personal technology columns and made videos. Stern then left the Journal to found the tech media company New Things, and is also chief technology analyst and a contributing correspondent at NBC News.31
At the Journal, Stern created the 2021 documentary E-Ternal, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Science, Technology or Environmental Coverage.1
Channel and publications
New Things combines a YouTube channel, a newsletter called The New Things and other formats, with a small team that includes a head of video and a production assistant. Recent newsletters include a review of the iPhone Duo and an October 2026 interview with Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella about the Surface Laptop Ultra and making Windows safer for AI agents.132
Stern's book I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything and Replace (Almost) Everyone recounts a year of letting AI into nearly every part of daily life.1
Work and contributions
The New Things Show, channel or publication
Writes and hosts The New Things, a tech journalism newsletter and video series.21
I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything and Replace (Almost) Everyone Show, channel or publication
Book about a year spent letting AI into nearly every corner of daily life.1
Timeline
Other documented roles
Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.
- Personal technology columnist, The Wall Street Journal1
Honors and recognition
Where they work
- New Things 1 person in the wiki
- NBC News 1 person in the wiki
Related people
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3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026