Quick Facts of Joanna Stern

  • Full NameJoanna Stern
  • Date of Birth05 December, 1985
  • BirthplaceUnited States
  • Ethnicity White
  • ProfessionJournalist
  • Nationality American
  • Eye colour Black
  • Hair colour Dark Brown
  • BuildAverage
  • SpouseMichelle Katharine Barna (m. 2014)
  • EducationUnion College
  • Online PresenceInstagram, Twitter, Facebook
  • Children1
  • Horoscope Sagittarius
Joanna Stern

American technology journalist, Joanna Stern is famously known for her columns and videos at The Wall Street Journal where she joined in 2013. At first, she started her job as a personal technology columnist and later promoted as a deputy chief video editor. Previously, she worked for ABC News, The Verge, and Engadget.

Regarding her personal life, Stern is married to her lesbian partner, Michelle Katharine Barna with whom she shares a baby boy.

Joanna Stern, Bio, Wiki

Joanna Stern was born on 5th December 1985, in the United States of America. Stern is Sagittarius which defines her personality to be curious and energetic. She is American as per nationality and belongs to White ethnicity. Her parents raised her with her sister, Julia Stern Maurer in America.

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Stern earned BA degree in Politics, Journalism, History from Union College in 2006. The now-famous journalist did her first job as an account coordinator in Kaplow Communications from 2006 to 2007. She then worked for over 2 years as a technology writer at Laptop Magazine where she reviewed the notebooks and laptops.

In October 2009, Stern joined Freelance as a technology writer and editor for over 1 year and shifted to Engadget as a reviews editor where she wrote several consumer technology reviews. In March 2011, she along with Nilay Patel, Paul Miller, Joshua Topolosky, Chris Zigler, and other employees in order to create ”This Is My Next” which would be later become The Verge, technology news and media network.

After forming The Verge, she worked for only 11 months and moved to ABC News in 2012 as a technology editor. While working on ABC, she used to write consumer technology stories and also hosted ”Tech This Out.”

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Since 2013, Stern is working in The Wall Street Journal. At first, she worked as a personal technology columnist for around 4 years and later started working as a deputy chief video editor. She replaced Walt Mossberg and joined the team. Besides, her amazing works helped her to win several awards including Gerald Loeb Award for her Wall Street Journal videos where she reviews the Apple Watch.

Joanna Stern’s Net Worth, Salary

Undoutabely, Joanna Stern earns an eye-catching net worth. Her net worth is not yet revealed but she certainly has over $1 million as her net worth. Moreover, she also earns an impressive salary from her career.

According to some sources, a video editor of The Wall Street Journal earns an average salary that ranges from $51k to $117k. She is currently working as a chief video editor which means, she certainly earns more than the mentioned amount.

Besides, she owns a Corvette costs $68,950 to $83,495.

Joanna Stern’s Personal Life (Wife & Baby)

Joanna Stern is a lesbian who tied the knot to her girlfriend turned wife, Michelle Katharine Barna. The couple met for the first time in February 2009 on Twitter and some years later, in 2013, she proposed her wife on Twitter. She explained about her first encounter,

”I started paging through her previous tweets, and there were a lot of snarky things about the show, about social media, being gay and being very tech savvy. All of her sarcasm really caught my attention. I felt she had a personality similar to mine.”

As per Stern, they met for two or three times in a week before starting dating. Later, they became close and the rest we all know.

After having an affair for years, the couple got married in 2014 at Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack, New York. Her spouse, Barna is the director of social media at Depp Focus which is a digital marketing company in New York.

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Furthermore, the couple has a baby boy. They post several pictures of their child on their social media.

Apart from all these, Stern is active on social media and has a great fan following. As of 2018, her Instagram account has over 4k followers. She is also a dog lover.