Molly McLaughlin

Experience

As Lifewire's senior content strategist, Molly helps define the site's tech coverage and works to make the content the best it can be.

Molly has been a tech writer since 2004 with a focus on consumer electronics, including digital cameras and smartphones. As an editor at PC Magazine, she edited hundreds of product reviews and features. 

After leaving PCMag, she spearheaded ConsumerSearch's smartphone coverage strategy and managed its technology reviews. She then ran a full-time editorial business, where she contributed to PCMag.com and other clients with reviews and commentary about mobile apps, software, GPS devices, dash cams, and more.

At Lifewire, Molly wrote how-to about smartphones (mainly Android, but also iPhones), including the best apps to download, tips for getting better performance and battery life out of your electronics, and in-depth explainers about a variety of tech concepts.

My Gear

I use a Windows 10 Lenovo ThinkPad laptop as my main machine. My primary phone is a Google Pixel 5a that runs Android 12. I also have a Samsung S9 running Android Pie by way of and Samsung UI and an iPhone 6 running iOS 11. (Gotta know all the mobile platforms.) To track my steps, I wear a Garmin VivoSport + GPS fitness band.

Education

Molly has B.A. in Latin American Studies from NYU and an M.S. in Journalism & Technical Writing from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn (now NYU Tandon Center for Engineering).

A Message from Molly McLaughlin

I’ve always enjoyed breaking down complicated subjects so that my audience can understand them. When I got into tech writing, I realized that many writers had a huge blind spot and made a lot of assumptions about their readers’ technical knowhow. My favorite thing about writing for Lifewire is explaining tech to a general audience. Not only am I helping readers who want to know how to do that one thing, but the process often teaches me something I didn’t know at the start.

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