Moderator · Keynote · Journalist

Ask better questions.

Jennifer Strong is an award-winning journalist who moderates the conversations and convenings where leaders make sense of AI.

Jennifer Strong
About

A reporter at the intersection of AI and society.

Jennifer Strong's coverage of AI and emerging tech has been recognized by awards juries more than thirty times, and her podcasts have charted in more than seventy countries. Business Insider called her work something "every AI and machine-learning enthusiast should know," and the BBC praised her "storytelling gift that combines current affairs with an international approach and personal insight."

She's the creator of top-rated tech programs for The Wall Street Journal, MIT Technology Review, and the investigative newsroom ProPublica. Her current work includes the Pulitzer Center-funded radio documentary for NPR stations called The Race to Superintelligence and the weekly podcast SHIFT with Jennifer Strong, distributed by PRX.

She's a frequent keynote speaker and moderator for institutions and global events including the United Nations, Web Summit, TED, SXSW, MIT, the Carnegie Endowment, EmTech, BIO, and CES.

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30+
Awards & nominations for AI reporting
Webby
"Best Tech Podcast" winner, 2019
8
Podcast franchises across 5 newsrooms
Global
Stages from the UN to SXSW to CES
What I Do

The conversation is the main event.

Jennifer Strong framing a topic with her notes on stage
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Stage Moderation & Interviews

Interviews and firesides that get your headline guests past the talking points.

Conferences · Summits · Main stage
Jennifer Strong moderating a panel convening
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Executive Dinners & Convenings

Candid, often off-the-record conversations among senior leaders — at dinners, roundtables, and private salons.

Boards · C-suite · Invitation-only
Jennifer Strong addressing a military audience via video
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Bespoke Topic Framing

A custom 5–10 minute keynote that sets the stakes and the questions before the conversation begins.

Openers · Scene-setters

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Selected works

A decade of award-winning audio.

SHIFT with Jennifer Strong podcast art
In Machines We Trust podcast art
The Race to Superintelligence podcast art
The Extortion Economy podcast art
The Future of Everything podcast art
I Was There When podcast art
Tech News Briefing podcast art, The Wall Street Journal
Curious Coincidence podcast art
In the press

What they're writing.

The New York Times: 6 Podcasts to Make Sense of A.I.

"A deeply researched series… weekly deep dives into how modern life has been transformed by A.I."

The New York Times
The Ambies: Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast nominees, including In Machines We Trust
Apple Podcasts Top Shows, Technology: Hard Fork, In Machines We Trust, TED Radio Hour, and Acquired

"A storytelling gift that combines current affairs with an international approach and personal insight."

BBC
Business Insider Business Insider: 11 podcasts every AI and machine learning enthusiast should listen to, featuring Jennifer Strong
The Wall Street Journal: Introducing The Future of Everything Podcast The Future of Everything, The Wall Street Journal
Magazine profile: Strong vs The Machine
Apple Podcasts Top Charts: The Future of Everything at number two

"Strong experienced aerial combat firsthand from inside a fighter plane flying over the Pacific Ocean to learn how AI is being used to train human pilots."

Business Insider
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Jennifer Strong moderating the TED AI panel in Vienna