# Joanna Stern on quitting the Wall Street Journal and building a media business with AI

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Podcast: [Mixed Signals from Semafor Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mixed-signals-from-semafor-media-6916354)
Published: 2026-04-03T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Tech journalist Joanna Stern joins Mixed Signals to discuss leaving The Wall Street Journal after more than a decade to launch her own venture, “New Things,” and what it really takes to bet on yourself in today’s media landscape. Max and Ben ask how she’s using AI as a “co-founder,” and what she learned from immersing herself in artificial intelligence for her new book, I Am Not a Robot. Sign up for Semafor Media’s Sunday newsletter: https://www.semafor.com/newsletters/media For more from Think with Google, check out ThinkwithGoogle.com. Find us on X: @semaforben, @maxwelltaniIf you have a tip or a comment, please email us mixedsignals@semafor.com

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