Jolie O'Dell is a journalist and startup veteran with a decade of experience in writing and editing the news. She reported on web development, web design and mobile technology for Mashable, and she is also a former writer and community manager for ReadWriteWeb, as well as other tech blogs and various print publications. Jolie graduated from Shenandoah University with a B.A. in Media Studies in 2004, and she returned to school to study Java and object-oriented programming in 2010.