Molly Wood is an American podcast host and journalist.

Early life and education

Molly Wood studied journalism at the University of Montana. During her senior year she was the editor of the weekly student newspaper, the Montana Kaimin.

Career

Before becoming a technology journalist, she worked at the Associated Press. Looking to get away from the negative aspects covering of hard news, she moved to California and took a job at MacHome Journal, where she said she discovered that she had always been a geek. She worked at CNET from 2000 to 2013, first as an editor. She later co-hosted the Buzz Out Loud podcast, "The Buzz Report", a web-based news show, and Always On, a talk show. She joined The New York Times in 2014 as a deputy technology editor. The following year, Wood became a tech correspondent and backup host for the US public radio program Marketplace and its various spinoffs. There, she co-hosted the Make Me Smart and Marketplace Tech podcasts. She left Marketplace in 2021 to join Launch, a venture capital firm, where she was a podcaster and investor. She left in March 2023 to found Molly Wood Media, an "angel investing and startup advisory firm".