Megan Morrone
{{short description|American actress, podcaster & writer (born 1973)}}
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| name = Megan Morrone
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| birth_name = Megan Wells Olesky
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|03|15}}
| nationality = American
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| education = Johns Hopkins University
| occupation = Journalist; podcaster; broadcaster
| employer = TWiT (2006-2019)
| known_for = The Screen Savers; Tech News Weekly, Jumping Monkeys; iOS Today; The New Screen Savers
| website = {{URL|https://meganmorrone.com/}}
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Megan Morrone (born Megan Wells Olesky on March 15, 1973){{cite web|url=https://twit.tv/shows/jumping-monkeys/episodes/8|title=Jumping Monkeys episode 8 Practically Perfect In Every Way|website=TWiT.tv|date=July 28, 2007|accessdate=April 19, 2018}} is an American actress, technology podcaster and writer.{{cite web|url=https://meganmorrone.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020524134955/http://www.meganmorrone.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 24, 2002|title=Megan Morrone|website=Megan Morrone|accessdate=April 19, 2018}} She was the co-host of TWiT online programs Tech News Weekly, iOS Today, and Triangulation, and former host of Tech News Today, Tech News 2Night, iFive for the iPhone, Inside The Net, and Jumping Monkeys.
Career
Morrone was on-air talent, a producer, and a web producer for Tech TV, appearing on technology-related television show The Screen Savers until 2003. Reportedly, Morrone quit The Screen Savers to raise a family and write for one of Microsoft's consumer websites. She made occasional guest appearances after departing.
With Microsoft, Morrone was a writer and editor for 11 years, developing and writing for Microsoft Safety and Security Center, writing for the Security Tips & Talk blog, writing for one newsletter, and managing content for another.
She previously ran the [http://www.jumpingmonkeys.com/ Jumping Monkeys website] devoted to her three children and to child-raising issues. She announced in February 2009 that the podcast, at one point on hiatus, would not be returning.{{cite web|url=http://www.jumpingmonkeys.com/jumpingmonkeys/2009/02/index.html|title=Jumping Monkeys|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227135832/http://www.jumpingmonkeys.com/jumpingmonkeys/2009/02/index.html|archivedate=February 27, 2009|df=mdy-all}}
Following the 2004 merger of G4 and TechTV, Screen Savers host Leo Laporte created a podcast and video network called TWiT.tv. Morrone guest co-hosted Inside the Net in late 2006.{{cite web|url=https://twit.tv/shows/netnight-amber-and-leo/episodes/33|title=Inside The Net episode 33 Bookmooch|website=TWiT.tv|date=September 12, 2006|accessdate=April 19, 2018|archive-date=April 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419183929/https://twit.tv/shows/netnight-amber-and-leo/episodes/33|url-status=dead}} From 2007 to 2008, Morrone co-hosted the Jumping Monkeys: Parenting in the Digital Age program with Laporte.{{cite web|url=https://twit.tv/shows/jumping-monkeys|title=Jumping Monkeys|website=TWiT.tv|accessdate=April 19, 2018}}
She returned to TWiT in 2015,{{cite web|url=https://twit.tv/posts/inside-twit/megan-morrone-joins-twit|title=Inside TWiT: Megan Morrone Joins TWiT|author=Lisa Laporte|website=TWiT.tv|date=January 7, 2015|accessdate=April 19, 2018}} hosting the final year of both iFive for the iPhone and Tech News 2Night, co-hosting iOS Today with Leo Laporte (2015 on), and co-hosting a relaunched Tech News Today with Jason Howell, starting in 2016. The program was reformatted in October 2017 as Tech News Weekly.{{cite web|url=https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly/episodes/0|title=Welcome to Tech News Weekly|website=TWiT.tv|date=October 1, 2017|accessdate=April 19, 2018}}
On June 28, 2019 Morrone announced she was leaving TWiT to pursue other opportunities.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/meganmorrone/status/1144762517752668160|title=Today was my last day @TWiT|author=Megan Morrone|website=twitter.com|date=June 28, 2019|accessdate=June 28, 2019}} She worked for Medium until 2021 when she announced she would be joining Protocol, a news website owned by Capitol News Company.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/meganmorrone/status/1407436989956202496|title=Some professional news!|author=Megan Morrone|website=twitter.com|date=June 22, 2021|accessdate=June 23, 2021}}
Personal life
Morrone earned a BA from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.http://www.jumpingmonkeys.com/jumpingmonkeys/about.html Jumping Monkeys: About, May 25, 2008 She currently lives in Northern California with her husband, Marco, and their three children, Annabella, Milo, and Huck.
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020524134955/http://www.meganmorrone.com/ Official Website]}}
- {{Twitter}}
- [https://twit.tv/people/megan-morrone Profile on TWiT]
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071121125742/http://techtalkforfamilies.com/episode_15_portable_media_and_jumping_monkeys Tech Talk for Families interview with Megan Morrone]
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Category:American television actresses
Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni