Bridget Marie Carey is an American technology journalist

Journalist

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 and author of the nation's first social media etiquette column, Poked. She also hosts a popular online gadget review show, Bridget Carey's Tech Review. Her award-winning writing commentary on netiquette

Netiquette

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 started at The Miami Herald

The Miami Herald

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 and was syndicated nationwide until August 2011. She has since departed to tech media website CNET

CNET

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.

Personal

Carey was born in Miami Beach, Florida

Florida

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 and raised in Broward County. She graduated in 2006 with a BS

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 in Journalism

Journalism

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 from the University of Florida

University of Florida

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, where she led as editor the nation's largest student-run newspaper, The Independent Florida Alligator

The Independent Florida Alligator

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. While there she earned several commendations, including the Elmer Emig Award and the Dean Committee's Ruth and Rae O. Weimer Award.

Career

Carey began her journalism career in 2006 as a reporter on the Herald's business desk. That year she became the newspaper's technology reporter and produced short video gadget reviews from her home computer's webcam, a series that quickly gained popularity with South Florida readers. In 2008, she began co-authoring Poked with fellow reporter Niala Boodhoo. Carey also wrote the newspaper's technology blog, "Cache and Carey," which was later renamed "The Digital Dish." Her tech reporting earned her the 2011 Green Eyeshade Award.

As viewership of her video reviews increased, the newspaper moved production to its in-house professional studio. The reviews were featured on WSFL-TV

WSFL-TV

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's morning show and PBS' Nightly Business Report

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. Her quirky consumer-angle gadget reviews, which displayed her affinity for sci-fi and other geek culture topics, made her a popular online personality.

While in Miami, she also appeared as a guest for news programs on WLRN-FM

WLRN-FM

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, the area's chief public radio station.

She left the newspaper to join CNET in New York in 2011.