that followed the lives of six people who worked for startup companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. On the show, Austin lives at the Four Seasons Silicon Valley as entrepreneur in residence, producing marketing videos for them on Pop17. Other media In late 2011, Austin became a correspondent for TV networks such as Fox and Logo. She worked as an online personality for The X Factor and The X Factor Pepsi Live Preshow, as well as casting their unscripted home-viewing parties via Skype. She hosted and co-produced the San Francisco edition of VidBlogger Nation; a Comcast OnDemand TV network with each host sharing stories of people, places and events in their city. She also produces tech reports for Logo's NewNowNext. Austin has been a correspondent for Better, where she explained topics and trends regarding social media. Since late 2010, Austin contributes articles and Pop17 episodes to Forbes magazine. Recognition At age 25, Austin was named to Forbes 30 under 30 in media. Ignite Social Media included her in their ranking of five women covering New Media on the Internet. In 2008, she was named one of the 50 most influential female bloggers by North X East. Also in 2008, she appeared on Donny Deutsch's The Big Idea. In the first edition of Dan Schawbel's' book Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, Austin and Pop17 were profiled in a chapter of "success stories". She was featured on the front cover of the May 2009 issue of Personal Branding magazine. In 2010, she was selected as one of Vanity Fair's "America's Tweethearts". References Year of birth uncertain Living people American Internet celebrities American alternative journalists Streaming television Video bloggers Women video bloggers Participants in American reality television series People from Rogers, Arkansas Tamalpais High School alumni Journalists from California People from Tiburon, California American women bloggers American bloggers 21st-century American women 1986 births