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As Stephanie’s manager for over five years, I’ve come to know her as a dedicated, imaginative, incisive reporter and writer… regularly and reliably producing brilliant stories and truly deep analysis, burrowing into subjects where others are all too often willing to accept the common and received wisdom.
–David Rosenbaum, Editor
Stephanie is a veteran reporter who knows how to find and connect with the right sources and deliver thorough, engaging stories. Whether it’s her investigative cover stories or bright news pieces, Stephanie delivers. She is flawless on deadlines. Her sly sense of humor and graceful style are also reflected in her prose.”
–Laurianne McLaughlin, Editor-in-Chief
Following the Money in the Presidential Campaign
With the rise of super PACs in presidential politics, the journalists at ProPublica created a data visualization to explore where the money goes and to find out if there was overlap between the firms hired by the committees and the major candidates’ campaigns.
Hostage Crisis in the Cloud: Can You Rescue Your Data?
Outsourcing contracts typically include termination and transition assistance provisions that outline the IT service provider’s responsibilities regarding returning data. IT buyers are surprised to find out that their cloud computing contracts don’t.
In Awarding Prize for Analytics, Netflix Failed to Predict It Wouldn’t Be Used
By not implementing innovative analytics algorithms, Netflix signaled the challenge of big data integration projects tied to a dynamic market.
“There may be no two groups more opposed to each other than IT and marketing… In the best cases, the two coexisted, but rarely collaborated. The the worst, the relationship was downright acrimonious.”
Infosys Whistleblower Presents Evidence of Alleged Visa Abuse
An Infosys employee sues the Indian IT service provider for allegedly violating visa to increase its profit shares.
7 Ways CMOs Can Boost Marketing’s Finance Bona Fides
“Those CMOs who don’t get fiscally fit will be found out—and quick.”
“Luckily, there’s a way to take the edge off—and it doesn’t involve two fingers of Glenlivet.”
San Francisco Giants: A Home Run for Dynamic Pricing (PDF)
How do you introduce demand-based pricing without ticking off loyal baseball fans? Very carefully.
IT in the Aftermath: At the Center of a New World (PDF)
CIO Magazine
On Facebook: My mother, my ‘friend’
The Christian Science Monitor
Iceland’s Dillemma: Privacy Vs. Progress
CIO Magazine
New Deals on Used Wheels (PDF)
Good Housekeeping
Endgame (Content for film’s website)
PBS Masterpiece
Why the Recession Isn’t Driving Down Outsourcing Prices
The New York Times
Life Insurance: Never Trust a Salesman
SmartMoney
Wireless Winelist (PDF)
CIO magazine
Saving Chrysler (PDF)
CIO magazine
Grill-Beer Pairings
Thrillist Boston
Bound to Fail (PDF)
CIO magazine
What CEOs Want from Their CMOs
CMO.com
Backsourcing Pain (PDF)
CIO magazine
A Call to TIe Pay to Risk (PDF)
CIO magazine
Your World… Hacked (PDF)
CIO magazine
Stephanie Overby is an award-winning reporter, writer, and editor with fifteen years of professional journalism experience. For the last decade, her work has focused on the intersection of business and technology, but she has written about everything from wedding planning to Wall Street during her career.
Stephanie’s articles been featured in a variety of publications, including Good Housekeeping, BusinessWeek.com, WGBH Interactive, CIO magazine, Christian Science Monitor, CMO.com, Thrillist, SmartMoney, Inc.com, NYTimes.com, Rinkside, TheKnot.com, The Industry Standard, AOL, Cars.com, Agenda, Silicon Alley Daily, Harcourt Online, Internet Shopper, PCWorld.com, and HOTELS.
Stephanie’s work has been recognized by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE); American Business Media’s Jesse H. Neal Awards; the Trade, Association, and Business Publications International’s TABBIE awards, and the National Magazine Awards.