Jacob Ward (born 1974) is an American science and technology journalist.
[3] In 2018, he became a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University,[4] sponsored by the Berggruen Institute.
Ward began as a reporter at The Industry Standard, on the then emerging Internet economy in 1997.
[7] Ward hosted The Truth About Traffic on the Discovery Channel in 2009,[8] and was a correspondent for Neil DeGrasse Tyson on NOVA ScienceNow on PBS in 2010.
In December 2018 he began as technology correspondent on NBC News, reporting for Nightly News, TODAY, and MSNBC as part of NBC's Business and Technology Unit.