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Author Talk: 'Special Characters'
Award-winning investigative reporter LAURIE SEGALL reflects on stories from her memoir, Special Characters: My Adventures with Tech’s Titans and Misfits. A misfit herself, Segall gained entrance to New York’s burgeoning tech scene, with its limitless cash flow and parties populated by geeks-turned-billionaires. Over her wildly successful career, she has attended hacker parties in Las Vegas, has been behind the scenes with tech founders during major controversies, and has witnessed the love between a woman and her robot. In this riveting conversation, take a walk through Segall’s world.
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Demystifying Innovation
Investigative reporter LAURIE SEGALL tells the story of technology by empowering those affected by its algorithms (everyone). Whether she’s unpacking the latest breakthrough advancement in AI or highlighting real-world issues in the latest tech product, she offers audiences a unique behind-the scenes view into the world of technology. Segall’s ability to demystify the tech world, making it accessible and engaging for both tech-savvy and tech-wary audiences, and has bolstered her unwavering commitment to ethics and humanity.
The Human Side of Tech
Silicon Valley’s best-known investigative reporter LAURIE SEGALL created CNN’s startup beat, providing audiences with an intimate look at tech giants like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Uber during their meteoric rise. Her investigations range from emerging forms of online harassment to an intimate look at the hacker community, and unspoken drug use in Silicon Valley. She continues to be a go-to reporter for the most prominent voices in tech today through her own organization, Mostly Human Media. In this riveting discussion of our changing world, Segall highlights the deeply human implications of technology rather than applications, shedding light on the corners of technology that impact our daily lives.
Women Making History: Laurie Segall’s award-winning investigative journalism defends women
Award-winning investigative reporter LAURIE SEGALL has won numerous awards for her work championing women, including a Gracie Award for her docuseries Revenge Porn: The War on Women, which shed light on an alarming type of cyber harassment aimed at women. She’s also received multiple EPPY Awards, including one for Money, Power, and Sexual Harassment, a series that gave victims of sexual harassment a platform to speak out. Segall interviews the tech billionaires but has committed her career to covering those impacted by their code.
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Laurie Segall pulls back the curtain on Silicon Valley in ‘Special Characters: My Adventures with Tech’s Titans and Misfits’
Throughout the years, award-winning investigative reporter LAURIE SEGALL has had a front row seat to the ever-changing landscape of technology, as recalled in her memoir, Special Characters: My Adventures with Tech’s Titans and Misfits. Filled with emotional heft and razor-sharp observations, Segall’s empowering career story is a richly rendered backstage pass to the tech bubble that reimagined the ethos of our social, political, and cultural experience. Sophia Amoruso, New York Times bestselling author of #Girlboss, said, “Special Characters is a wild ride through a transformative decade that pulls back the curtain on the exclusive world of billionaire founders, entrepreneurs, and mainstream media. With wit and candor, Laurie Segall offers an intimate account of a young woman finding her voice in the boys' clubs of Silicon Valley and cable news.”
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With over a decade of tracking the human impact of technology, Laurie Segall has positioned herself as one of the most credible and sought-after voices in Silicon Valley. As the former senior tech correspondent for CNN and a reporter for 60 Minutes, Segall has engaged in conversations with the world's most influential tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Her long track record and unparalleled access has provided audiences with an intimate look at tech giants like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Uber during their meteoric rise and she continues to be a go-to reporter for the most prominent voices in Silicon Valley today.
Throughout the years, Segall has had a front row seat to the ever-changing landscape of technology. Her memoir, Special Characters: My Adventures with Tech’s Titans and Misfits, chronicles her experiences as a young reporter during the late 00s tech boom, providing a unique vantage point into the industry's most transformative moments and figures. With her finger on the pulse of technology, Segall has a history of predicting tech trends and pitfalls before they happen. She tells the story of technology through a human-centric lens that empowers those affected by its algorithms – whether she’s unpacking the latest breakthrough advancement in AI or highlighting moral and ethical issues in the latest tech product, she offers audiences a unique behind-the-scenes view into the world of technology.
What sets Segall apart is not just her future predicting or keen editorial eye – it’s her willingness to throw herself into the ring to get to the bottom of a story. She has stories of hacker parties in Las Vegas, has been behind the scenes with tech founders during major controversies, and has witnessed the love between a woman and her robot. That kind of experience has sharpened her rare set of gifts – the ability to demystify the tech world, making it accessible and engaging for both tech-savvy and tech-wary audiences, and has bolstered her unwavering commitment to ethics and humanity.
Fifteen years ago, Segall saw something coming and there was no way to report it, so she created the startup beat at CNN. It’s happening again - now she’s creating something new - Mostly Human, an entertainment company that produces docs, films and digital content focused on the intersection of technology and humanity. MHM highlights the deeply human implications of technology rather than applications, shedding light on the corners of technology that impact our daily lives.
Segall has received numerous awards for her work championing women, including multiple Gracie awards. Segall has been featured in multiple publications, including Forbes, Business Insider, New York Magazine's The Cut, CBS This Morning, and San Francisco Chronicle. She is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences, including Web Summit, Center for Humane Technology, Founders Forum, SXSW, etc.
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