Room to Read media coverage by category: television, print, online and radio.
Television
- "Leaving Microsoft - CNN's Asieh Namdar Speaks With Author John Wood About Leaving His Career and Tackling the World'S Literacy Problem", CNN
- January 23, 2008 - "Former Microsoft Exec gives Kids Room to Read", KING-5 NBC Seattle
- November 29, 2007
- "Best Rare Books: An International Hiking Trip Turns Into an Act of Good Will", Reader's Digest
- April 7, 2008 - "John Wood Chronicles his 'Turning Point' in Newsweek", Newsweek.com
- April 7, 2008 - "High-flying Individuals on a Different Path", Financial Times
- March 15, 2008 - "Room to Read: Building Libraries, Schools and Computer Labs in Developing Countries", Edutopia Magazine
- January 11, 2008 - "Room to Read Targets Local Corporate Donors to Scale Up", The Mint / Wall Street Journal
- September 14, 2007 - "Where Tech Meets Philanthropy", Wall Street Journal
- February 23, 2007 - "Breakfast with the FT: John Wood", Financial Times
- February 23, 2007 - "Room to Read expands schools in Asia, Africa", San Francisco Business Times
- February 16, 2007 - "UCI Grad Fights Illiteracy in Asia", OC Register
- February 6, 2007 - "John Wood Talks About How Thinking Big Helped Him Make Room to Read a Major Asian Non-Profit", Business Week
- September 13, 2006 - "His Bottom Line: Educating the World's Kids", Washington Post
- September 9, 2006 - "Chance Led Author to Help Kids", USA Today
- August 27, 2006 - "Read All About It", New York Times Magazine
- July 23, 2006 - "Giving It All Away", Newsweek International Edition
- May 15, 2006 - "Bringing Reading - And Writing - to Asian Villagers", International Herald Tribune
- November 28, 2005 - "Making a Difference - TIME's 2004 Asian Heroes - One Year On", TIME - Asia Edition
- September 26, 2005 - "Universal Literacy", Delta Airlines' Sky Magazine
- August 1, 2005 - "Turning Point", Town & Country Magazine
- July 1, 2005 - "For Tsunami Effort, MD Youth Conceives Wearable Awareness", Washington Post
- January 8, 2005 - "Good Samaritans", Wall Street Journal
- January 7, 2005 - "Former Tech Exec Gives Third World 'Room to Read'", San Francisco Business Times
- December 27, 2004 - "Asia Hero Award", Time Magazine, Asia
- October 4, 2004 - "Like Andrew Carnegie Before Him, Former Microsoft Executive John Wood is Building Libraries", San Francisco Chronicle
- September 26, 2004 - "Set for Life: Giving Wisely", The Asian Wall Street Journal
- September 17, 2004 - "Ex-Microsoft Executive Chips Away at Illiteracy", Chicago Tribune
- September 9, 2002
Online
- "Vacation Leads Exec to Life-changing Vocation", MSNBC.com
- February 18, 2008 - "Eight Hot Spots for Volunteer Travel", Forbes.com
- February 7, 2008 - "Ex-techie's Nonprofit Room to Read has Room to Grow", CNET
- October 11, 2007 - "Room to Read: Bringing Books to the World", MSN.com
- September 25, 2007 - "Charity Inc: Ex-executive wants giving 'corporations'", Reuters
- September 7, 2007 - "Weekend Beat: Ex-Microsoft Exec Happier Helping Kids", Asahi.com
- June 16, 2007 - "Nepal: A Girls Life, Making Room to Read", FRONTLINE/WORLD Rough Cut
- June 7, 2007 - "New Wealth, New Priorities", Forbes.com
- October 4, 2006 - "Wood's Eye for Detail Proves Charitable", CNN.com International
- June 6, 2006 - "Room to Read Wins Fast Company Social Capitalist Award", Fast Company
- December 22, 2003 - "Forbes Feature on Room to Read", Forbes.com
- November 24, 2003 - "In Search of Karmic Returns", Far Eastern Economic Review
- November 6, 2003 - "After Dot-coms Come Good Deeds", International Herald Tribune
- March 18, 2003 - "John Wood Turns the Page", Fast Company
- November 1, 2002
Radio
- "Giving Back in the Second Half of Life", Experience Talks on KPFK/Pacifica Radio
- March 4, 2008 - "Bringing Books to Nepal", Sound Focus on KUOW
- November 28, 2007
