Troy Wolverton (born June 13, 1971 in
San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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) is an American journalist and the personal technology columnist for the ''
San Jose Mercury News
''The Mercury News'' (formerly ''San Jose Mercury News'', often locally known as ''The Merc'') is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published by the Bay Area News Group, a subsidiar ...
''.
He is an occasional commentator on news programs such as the ''
PBS NewsHour
''PBS NewsHour'' is an American evening television news program broadcast on over 350 PBS
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''.
Prior to his current post, Wolverton was a senior writer for
TheStreet.com
''TheStreet'' is a financial news and financial literacy website. It is a subsidiary of The Arena Group. The company provides both free content and subscription services such as Action Alerts Plus a stock recommendation portfolio co-managed by B ...
and a writer for
CNET
''CNET'' (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally. ''CNET'' originally produced content for radio and televi ...
. He began his career in journalism as a Web editor at the Mercury News.
Wolverton has a bachelor's degree in government from the
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...
and a master's in journalism from the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...
.
Professional
Wolverton is a technology and business journalist who writes Tech Files, a weekly consumer technology column in the San Jose Mercury News. In addition to Tech Files, Wolverton writes articles about the digital home and certain cutting edge technologies.
Previously, Wolverton covered Apple and the video game industry for the Mercury News and, before that, for TheStreet.com. He began his tenure at TheStreet as a retail and e-commerce reporter. During that time, he wrote a series of stories about eBay's use of stock options that won a Best in Business award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and was a finalist for a Loeb award.
Wolverton joined TheStreet after working as an e-commerce reporter for CNET News.com.
Awards and honors
Journalism awards:
* Best in Business Awards, Winner (2009). Part of a team at the Mercury News recognized by SABEW for its coverage of Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo.
* Gerald Loeb Awards, Finalist (2004). Recognized for series about stock options practices at eBay.
* Best in Business Awards, Winner (2004). Recognized for eBay stock options series.
* Online Journalism Awards, Finalist (2003). Recognized for eBay stock options series.
* Society of Professional Journalists, First Place (2000). Recognized by Northern California chapter for breaking news coverage.
* Computer Press Awards, Finalist (2000). Recognized in the Best Online News Story category for story about independent merchants offering weapons and porn for sale on Amazon.com.
References
External links
Troy Wolverton - San Jose Mercury News
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Living people
American columnists
American technology writers
University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni
Missouri School of Journalism alumni
1971 births
The Mercury News people