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Molly Wood is an executive editor at CNET.com and previously a writer for Associated Press, MacHome Journal magazine, and O'Reilly Media. Wood hosts the Buzz Out Loud podcast with Tom Merritt as well as the "Gadgettes"[1] podcast with Kelly Morrison. Wood also hosts a video news show called "The Buzz Report," a quirky technology video news column that is published weekly; and the new "CNET Mailbag". She has appeared in more mainstream media such as Regis and Kelly, CNBC's On the Money and NBC's Today Show.
Background
Wood hails from Bismarck, North Dakota. She has a Bachelor of Arts in journalism with a minor in French from the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. During her senior year (June 1996 - May 1997) she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the The Montana Kaimin, the daily student newspaper of the University of Montana. Upon graduation, she took a job as a reporter at The Missoulian, Missoula, Montana's daily newspaper. In July 1997, she joined the Associated Press, handling a variety of both general news and sports stories in the western US.
She is married to Justin Eckhouse [1][ and currently lives in the Oakland Hills area [2]. In December 2006, Molly announced during a podcast that she was expecting a baby. Wood gave birth to a baby boy named "Eli" on March 2, 2007. Wood returned to work on July 9, 2007 after three months of maternity leave
It has recently been reported that Molly Wood is currently sporting a mullet. This was reported on Leo Laporte's This Week in Tech (TWiT) podcast, and confirmed by John C Dvorak (http://dvorak.org/blog)[3]. Although this is in jest as they were teasing Molly for not appearing in the program.
Molly's Gadget List
Molly has frequently promised to buy various gadgets, but rarely goes on to actually purchase them.[4]
- Palm Treo
- Second Generation iPod Nano Red
- Nabaztag
- a 50'HDTV
- Honda Fit
- Nintendo Wii
- Xbox 360
- Playstation 3
- Pink Nintendo DS
- Nokia N810
- Motorola Q
- Asus EEE 2nd Generation
- Garmin nüvifone
- Second Generation iPhone (Still on, but was kicked by the Nuvifone)
Guest appearances
Molly has been a guest on:
- Attack of the Show
- Live with Regis and Kelly - November 7, 2006
- Attack of the Show - June 6, 2006
- CNBC's On the Money - May 18, 2006
- Cranky Geeks
- Episode 15 - June 21, 2006
- Episode 22 - August 10, 2006
- Episode 49 - January 31, 2007
- YouTube clip - March 9, 2008
- this WEEK in TECH Podcast
See also
References
- ↑ (2006-05-27)"CNET launches Podcast Central". The Online Reporter (494): 10. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
- ↑ Buzz Out Loud 563: AMD's Three-Legged Chip (18 September 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
- ↑ Molly Wood's Buzz Me blog. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
- ↑ Molly's Gadget List
- ↑ dvinson (2007-01-15). Attack of the Show: Blog, January 15, 2007. Attack of the Show: Blog. G4TV. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. “Gregory Kohs, webmaster for mywikibiz.com and Molly Wood, the Executive Editor from C-Net join us tonight at 7PM to discuss!”
- ↑ dvinson (2007-02-06). Attack of the Show: Blog, February 6, 2007. Attack of the Show: Blog. G4TV. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. “Tonight on The Loop, our experts Mark McClusky from Wired and Molly Wood from C-Net will be discussing the future of YouTube.”
External links
- Molly's Website
- Buzz Report Column and Video
- Buzz Out Loud
- The Gadgettes
- Molly's Social Networks: Twitter
- mollyrant defined at: Urban Dictionary
- Why Molly Rules: [2]
- A collection of Molly's greatest moments from the Buzz Report: [3]
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