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Tech journalist Mossberg is retiring in June

Walt Mossberg, the co-founder of tech news site Recode and former tech columnist for The Wall Street Journal, plans to retire in June.

Mossberg writes, “Over my career, I’ve reinvented myself numerous times. I covered the Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA. I wrote about labor wars, trade wars and real wars. I chronicled a nuclear plant meltdown and the defeat of Communism. I co-founded a couple of media businesses.

“And, in the best professional decision of my life, I converted myself into a tech columnist in 1991. As a result, I got to bear witness to a historic parade of exciting, revolutionary innovation — from slow, clumsy ancient PCs to sleek, speedy smartphones; from CompuServe and early AOL to the mobile web, apps, and social media.

“My column has run weekly in a variety of places over the years, most recently on The Verge and Recode under the Vox Media umbrella, where I’ve been quite happy and have added a podcast of which I’m proud.

“So I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.

“I will likely write a bit more about this before I stop. But, for now, I just want to thank you for reading, viewing and listening to me over the years, and for letting me know when you thought me right or crazy.”

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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  • I always stopped what I was doing and listened when Mr. Mossberg was on CNBC. I hope that he will not be completely retiring from writing, and that we will still have benefit of his thoughts and perspective.

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