# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-jo-foley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:51:58.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-jo-foley"
name: "Mary Jo Foley"
slug: "mary-jo-foley"
description: "Mary Jo Foley is an American freelance technology writer, author, podcaster and news editor. She regularly writes news, previews, and reviews for Microsoft's strategy, products and technology. Foley has been covering news on Microsoft Windows, and previously on Unix-related technology, since 1983, for publications including ZDNet, eWeek, Baseline, Redmond magazine, PC Magazine, and Directions on Microsoft."
tagline: "American podcaster, author, and blogger"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_Jo_Foley_seated_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1961"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.20828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/maryjofoley"
    handle:    "maryjofoley"
sources:
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    title: "Фоли, Мэри Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "ماري جو فولي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "مارى جو فولى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Foley"
    title: "Mary Jo Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "مری جو فولی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Foley"
    title: "Mary Jo Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Foley"
    title: "Mary Jo Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Foley"
    title: "Mary Jo Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17466005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump