Jacob Ward (born 1974) is an American science and technology journalist. In 2018, he became a technology correspondent for NBC News, reporting on technology's social implications. He was the editor-in-chief of ''

Popular Science ''Popular Science'' (also known as ''PopSci'') is an American digital magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. ''Popular Science'' has won over 58 awards, incl ...

'', and from 2013 to 2018 was a science and technology correspondent for Al Jazeera America and Al Jazeera English. In 2018, he became a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, sponsored by the

Berggruen Institute The Berggruen Institute is a Los Angeles-based think tank founded by Nicolas Berggruen. History In 2010, Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels sat down with a group of academics, business leaders, and political veterans in California to discus ...

Journalism

Ward began as a reporter at ''

The Industry Standard ''The Industry Standard'' is a U.S. news web site dedicated to technology business news, part of ''InfoWorld'', a news website covering technology in general. It is a revival of a weekly magazine based in San Francisco which was published betwe ...

'', on the then emerging Internet economy in 1997. Ward joined ''

'' as deputy editor in 2006. In 2012, he succeeded the prior editor-in-chief, Mark Jannot. Later that year he was named one of the "Most Intriguing People in Media" by MIN.

Television and radio

Ward hosted ''The Truth About Traffic'' on the

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...

in 2009, and was a correspondent for

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson ( or ; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a po ...

on '' NOVA ScienceNow'' on PBS in 2010. In 2012, Ward hosted two shows for the National Geographic Channel: a one-hour special, ''American's Money Vault'', and a second one-hour special, ''Top Secret''. In 2013, Ward left Popular Science to join

Al Jazeera America Al Jazeera America was an American pay television news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network. The channel was launched on August 20, 2013, to compete with CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox News, and in certain markets RT America. It was Al Jazeera' ...

, a cable news network launched that same year, as the channel's science and technology correspondent. After the shutdown of the channel he was retained by Al Jazeera for Al Jazeera English. In December 2018 he began as technology correspondent on NBC News, reporting for Nightly News, TODAY, and MSNBC as part of NBC's Business and Technology Unit.

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Personal website/blog
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