Kara Swisher
American technology business journalist
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| February 2024 | Released her memoir 'Burn Book: A Tech Love Story' through Simon & Schuster. |
| 2023 | Hosted the official companion podcast for the fourth season of HBO's TV series Succession. |
| September 2022 | Became an editor-at-large at New York Magazine and launched her podcast 'On with Kara Swisher' |
| September 26 2022 | Premiered the first episode of her podcast 'On with Kara Swisher' |
| June 2022 | Swisher announced her departure from The New York Times to pursue a new project at New York magazine. |
| 2021 | Elected as a member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences, recognizing her significant contributions to journalism and technology reporting. |
| 2021 | Named to the Fast Company Queer 50 list for the second consecutive year, further cementing her status as a notable LGBTQ+ leader. |
| 2021 | Hosted the official companion podcast for the third season of HBO's TV series Succession. |
| 2021 | Signed a two-book memoir deal with Simon & Schuster. |
| 2020 | Recognized by Fast Company in the Queer 50 list, acknowledging her prominence and influence as an LGBTQ+ professional in media and technology journalism. |
| October 3 2020 | Swisher married Amanda Katz in a wedding ceremony. |
| September 2020 | Swisher launched 'Sway', a semiweekly podcast for The New York Times exploring power dynamics, with Nancy Pelosi as the inaugural guest. The podcast featured interviews with notable figures from politics, technology, entertainment, and business. |
| May 2020 | Publicly stated on Twitter that she had not been involved in editing or assigning stories on Recode for many years. |
| April 2020 | New York Magazine announced Pivot would join its properties, dropping the Recode branding, with Swisher joining as editor-at-large. |
| January 2019 | Publicly commented on the Gillette advertisement and the Lincoln Memorial confrontation, which led to a subsequent apology. |
| 2018 | Wrote a Slate article about her experiences working for The McLaughlin Group, alleging staff abuse and sexual harassment by host John McLaughlin. |
| September 2018 | Launched Pivot, a semi-weekly news commentary podcast co-hosted with Scott Galloway. |
| August 2018 | Kara Swisher became a contributing writer to the New York Times Opinion section, focusing on tech journalism and writing about topics like Elon Musk, Instagram, Google, and internet policy. |
| 2016 | Swisher announced her plan to potentially run for mayor of San Francisco as a Democrat in 2023, intending to focus on progressive issues like housing, marijuana legalization, and labor laws for the on-demand workforce. |
| 2016 | Publicly described herself as a 'liberal, lesbian Donald Trump of San Francisco' and briefly discussed a potential political run. |
| 2015 | Kara Swisher appeared as herself in an episode of the HBO show Silicon Valley. |
| June 2015 | Launched Recode Decode, a weekly podcast interviewing prominent technology figures, with Stewart Butterfield as the first guest. |
| May 2015 | Vox Media acquired the Recode website. |
| 2014 | Swisher and Megan Smith separated. |
| 2014 | Held the inaugural Code Conference near Los Angeles in the spring. |
| January 1 2014 | Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg launched the Recode website in San Francisco, striking out on their own independent venture. |
| 2011 | Kara Swisher won the Gerald Loeb Award for Blogging for her work on liveblogging Yahoo Earnings Calls in 2010, highlighting her distinctive reporting style. |
| 2011 | Swisher suffered a 'mini-stroke' while on a flight to Hong Kong, leading to hospitalization and being put on anticoagulant medication. |
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