Laurie Segall
{{short description|CNN correspondent}}
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| education = B.A.
| alma_mater = University of Michigan
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| spouse = Jon Jones (2022--)
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Laurie Segall (born August 18, 1985) is an American journalist. Noted for interviewing leaders in technology, including Mark Zuckerberg{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-interview-cambridge-analytica-data-scandal-fallout-today-live-stream/|title=Mark Zuckerberg: "One of the biggest mistakes" of Facebook is not digging deeper into Cambridge Analytica|work=CBS|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/21/17148732/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-cambridge-analytica-live-cnn-anderson-cooper-interview|title=Mark Zuckerberg will appear on CNN tonight amid Facebook's data privacy scandal|work=The Verge|access-date=2018-11-14}} and Tim Cook,{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/apple-facebook-data-privacy-tim-cook-zuckerberg-ff19d140-a00a-4c5b-8d62-86eb70b12883.html|title=It's on: Apple vs. Facebook|website=Axios|language=en|access-date=2018-11-14}} among others, she was the senior technology correspondent and an editor-at-large for CNN for more than a decade.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/laurie-segall-cnn-facebook-documentary-1203128634/|title=Tech Journalist Laurie Segall Readies Deep Dive on Facebook for CNN|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=2019-02-05|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}} Segall also developed and hosted Mostly Human, an investigative docu-series that explored the impact of technology on sex, love, and death.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2017/03/12/cnns-mostly-human-docuseries-examines-humanity-through-lens-tech/98983908/|title=CNN series is 'Black Mirror' meets 'Westworld'|website=USA TODAY|language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}}
Biography
Segall was born to a Jewish family in the South although she attended a Christian school, Holy Innocents' Episcopal School.{{Cite web|title=CNN'S Laurie Segall on Misfits, Underdogs, and Getting in the Door |publisher=MM LaFleur|date=February 8, 2018 |url=https://mmlafleur.com/mdash/laurie-segall-cnn-interview |quote=I grew up in the South, the only Jewish girl in a conservative Christian school}} She graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in political science. As a student she secured an internship with CNN and was subsequently hired full-time as a news assistant position at CNN.
At CNN, Segall produced several digital short-form series, including "Sex, Drugs & Silicon Valley", "Revenge Porn", and "Secret Lives of Superhero Hackers".{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/cnn-cnngo-original-series-mostly-human-1202002568/|title=CNN Pivots Strategy on CNNgo to Add Free Original Programming (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=2017-03-06|work=Variety|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en-US}} She later developed a series that would explore the larger implications of technology, Mostly Human, and successfully pitched the idea to CNN president Jeff Zucker. The six-episode series began airing in March 2017 on CNNgo, and in 2018 won a Webby Award in the documentary series category.{{Cite web|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2018/film-video/general/documentary-series/mostly-human-with-laurie-segall/|title=Mostly Human with Laurie Segall -- The Webby Awards|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-10}} In addition to covering technology, Segall has reported on national breaking news, including the Boston Marathon bombing, and, as a field producer, Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Irma. Segall reconstructed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's deleted Instagram account, and tracked down and exclusively interviewed Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro's daughter, Angie Gregg.{{Cite web|url=https://fox8.com/2013/05/09/castros-daughter-we-dont-have-monster-in-our-blood/|title=Castro's Daughter: 'We Don't Have Monster in Our Blood'|date=2013-05-10|website=fox8.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}}
At 26, Segall appeared on Forbes{{'}} "30 Under 30" list in the media category.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/30-under30-12/30-under-30-12_media.html|title=30 Under 30 - Media - Forbes|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-11-14|language=en}} Mashable included her on their list of seven top journalists to subscribe to on Facebook.{{Cite web|url=https://mashable.com/2011/10/12/facebook-subscribe-journalists/|title=7 Top Journalists to Subscribe to on Facebook|last=Peters|first=Meghan|website=Mashable|date=October 12, 2011 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}}
In February 2019 she announced that she would leave CNN after more than ten years at the network. She told Variety that she was "leaving to start my next chapter: a venture devoted to the intersection of technology and ethics."{{Cite news|url=https://cnncommentary.com/2019/02/05/laurie-segall-leaves-cnn-after-a-decade/|title=Laurie Segall leaves CNN after a decade|author=Allan|work=CNNComentary.com|access-date=2018-11-14|date=February 5, 2019|language=en-US}}
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- [https://money.cnn.com/mostly-human/ Mostly Humans episodes on CNN Money]
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Category:Jewish American journalists
Category:American women television journalists
Category:University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni