Katherine A. Boehret (born 1980) works in internal communications for the Devices team at

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, an e-commerce and cloud-computing firm.

Early life and education

A native of

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, Boehret is a graduate of the

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. In 2010, she was awarded that university's Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement.

Career

From 2002 through 2013, Boehret was a journalist and columnist at ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...

'', where she worked with technology columnist Walter Mossberg. Boehret authored "The Digital Solution" column, which appeared weekly in the newspaper and online. She was also a columnist and editor at the technology web sites

All Things Digital AllThingsD.com was a US online publication that specialized in technology and startup company news, analysis and coverage. It was founded in 2007 by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, as an extension of the annual meetings ''D: All Things Digital ...

and ''

Recode ''Recode'' (stylized as recode; formerly ''Re/code'') was a technology news website that focused on the business of Silicon Valley. Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher founded it in January 2014, after they left Dow Jones and the similar website ...

'', where she was deputy reviews editor and senior reviewer. She was an original staff member of both sites and also of the D Conference. After Recode was sold to

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in June 2015, Boehret served as a reviews editor at ''

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'', until July 2016.Boehret, Katherine.
Cleaning Up Your 'Personal Brand' Isn't as Easy as You Think
and index of other Boehret articles. Washington, D.C. and New York, New York: Vox Media, July 1, 2015, etc.

References

External links

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