Inside The Media Minds: Recent Episodes
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In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine and Madison speak with Avram Piltch, US Editor for The Register.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine and Madison speak with Maria Korolov, award-winning technology journalist.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine and Madison speak with Bradley Chambers, Author and Podcast Host for 9To5Mac.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine and Madison speak with Kyle McNulty, Host of the Secure Ventures Podcast.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine and Madison speak with Greg Otto, Editor-in-Chief at CyberScoop.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine and Madison speak with Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer at Dark Reading.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine and Madison speak with Tim Crino, Senior Editor at Inc.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine and Madison speak with Kevin Townsend, Senior Contributor at SecurityWeek.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine and Madison speak with Alex Konrad, Senior Editor at Forbes.
Election Security Special: In the latest episode of #IMM, Madison and Luca speak with John Sakellariadis, Cybersecurity Reporter at POLITICO, Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Editor at InformationWeek and Derek Johnson, Reporter at CyberScoop.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine and Madison speak with Brandon Vigliarolo, Reporter at The Register.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Madison and Luca speak with Grant Gross, Senior Writer at CIO Magazine.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Madison and Luca speak with Mikayla Easley, Reporter at DefenseScoop.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Madison speaks with Steve Bosk of W2 Communications about RSAC 2024.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Madison and Steve speak with Sam Sabin, cybersecurity reporter at Axios.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with John Lynn, Founder of Healthcare IT Today and Swaay.Health
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Matt Bracken, Managing Editor of FedScoop and CyberScoop.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Maria Varmazis, N2K’s T-Minus Space Daily Podcast Host
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Sara Friedman, Managing Editor at Inside Cybersecurity
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Marcella Robertson, Anchor and Reporter at WUSA9
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Marianne McGee, Executive Editor, HealthcareInfoSecurity
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Steven Overly, Host of Politico Tech Podcast
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Becky Bracken, Editor at Dark Reading.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Justin Doubleday, Senior Reporter at Federal News Network
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Steve Bosk, Vice President at W2 Communications
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Colin Demarest, Reporter at C4ISRNET.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Alexandra KelleyTech, Reporter at Nextgov.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Lindsay McKenzie, Technology Reporter at Scoop News Group
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Francis Rose, Founder of the Francis Rose Media Group.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Chris Teale, Staff Reporter at GCN covering state & local government technology.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Mike Farrell, Editor-In-Chief at CyberScoop
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Rhea Kelly, Higher EducationEditor in Chief at Campus Technology
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In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Jessie Bur, Managing Editor at Nextgov
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Billy Mitchell, Editor-In-Chief of DefenseScoop
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Lou Covey, Editor for Cyber Protection Magazine
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Rachel Jewett, Managing Editor for Via Satellite.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Steve Bosk Vice President at W2 Communications.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Andrew Eversden Staff Reporter for Breaking Defense
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Troy Schneider and James Hanson of Government Executive.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Vera Bergengruen, Washington Correspondent for TIME Magazine.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Francis Rose, VP Multimedia Content and Host of the Daily Scoop Podcast at Scoop News Group.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Thomas Hobbs freelance and culture journalist.
On this episode of Inside The Media Minds, our host Christine Blake was live at Black Hat 2021 in Las Vegas with Paul Wagenseil, Senior Editor, Security, at Tom’s Guide.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Nicole Blake Johnson, Managing Editor at GovLoop
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Tonya Riley, reporter at CyberScoop
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Shaun Nichols, senior news writer at TechTarget’s Search Security.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Kelley Damore, Chief Content Officer at TechTarget, a global publication focused on purchase intent-driven marketing and sales services that aims to deliver business impact for enterprise technology companies.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Heather Kuldell, Managing Editor of Nextgov, an all-day information resource for federal technology decision makers.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Jamey Tucker, tech reporter and founder of What the Tech.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with James Coker, tech reporter at Infosecurity Magazine
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Mike Vizard, a freelance contributor to numerous IT publications.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Jennifer DiMascio, Managing Editor of Aviation Week.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Steve Zurier, freelance journalist writing about technology and cybersecurity for over 30 years.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Iain Thomson, US News Editor at The Register, a global enterprise technology news publication.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Jill Aitoro, Editorial Director at CyberRisk Alliance, and editor in chief of SC Media.
In the latest episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Paul Gillin, Enterprise Editor at Silicon Angle.
On this week’s episode of Inside the Media Minds, we travel back to RSA 2020 where we met with Ayman Elsawah, host of Getting Into Infosec Podcast and author of Breaking IN: A Practical Guide to Starting a Career in Information Security.
In this episode of #IMM, we speak with FCW's Derek Johnson about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on federal reporting.
On this week’s episode of Inside the Media Minds, we take a virtual trip back to RSA 2020 where we met with Kari Paul, Technology Reporter at the Guardian.
An Iowa native, Kari is now based on the West Coast as one of just two U.S. technology reporters for International publication, The Guardian. Kari has been in the tech space for the past 6 years and developed a special interest in “unexpected tech stories.”
On this week’s episode of Inside the Media Minds, we step outside of the realm of technology and into the world of craft beverages. For this episode we met with Michael Jarvis on location at Notaviva Craft Fermentations, a winery and brewery owned and operated by W2 Communications’ very own Chief Creative Officer, Stephen Mackey.
In another special RSA edition of the show, we catch up with Mark Albertson, Senior Writer at SiliconANGLE.
Throughout RSA Conference 2020 we had the pleasure of interviewing several reporters to get their perspectives on one of cybersecurity’s biggest events! First we met with Hugh Taylor to capture his thoughts on the week.
On this week’s episode of Inside the Media Minds, we welcome Stew Magnuson, Editor in Chief of National Defense Magazine. In July the magazine will be celebrating its 100 year anniversary and as you can imagine, the magazine has witnessed a monumental cyber evolution since starting in 1920.
Welcome to our first episode of 2020! On this week’s episode of Inside the Media Minds, we meet with Jacob Biesiada and Dayton Williams, co-hosts and creators of DCrypted Cybersecurity Podcast.
On this week’s episode of Inside the Media Minds, we meet with Benjamin Freed, Technology Editor at StateScoop. From the beginning of his career as a freelance journalist covering arts, to becoming fully immersed in the cybersecurity space, Ben has developed a passion for uncovering the latest and greatest threats across the country.
In this very special episode of #IMM, Christine chats with Ross Wilkers (Washington Technology), Carten Cordell (Washington Business Journal) and Frank Konkel (Nextgov)about the massive Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract.
As a note, this show was recorded a few hours before Amazon announced it would be protesting the contract.
In this episode of #IMM, Christine chats with Bob Ackerman, George Seffers and Kim Underwood of Signal Magazine/AFCEA.
In the last of the #IMM Black Hat 2019 episodes, Christine catches up with Hilary Tuttle, editor of Risk Management.
In another special Black Hat 2019 episode of #IMM, Christine chats with Dan Raywood, Deputy Editor of Infosecurity Magazine.
In this special Black Hat 2019 episode of #IMM, Christine talks with Byron Acohido of The Last Watch Dog to discuss his publication, his predictions for what will dominate headlines in the near future and much more.
In this special episode of #IMM, Christine chats with Joe Uchill of Axios at Black Hat 2019.
In this episode of #IMM, Christine and Evan talk with Carten Cordell, staff reporter for the Washington Business Journal. Carten discusses the federal/cyber space, JEDI, Amazon HQ2 and much more!
"Carten Cordell covers federal contracting, defense and cybersecurity for the Washington Business Journal."
In this episode of #IMM, Christine chats with Dave Bittner, producer and host of the CyberWire podcast, the number one daily cyber security podcast in the world.
In this episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Rob Lever of AFP, who touches on a myriad of different media-related topics, and even answers a few questions from #IMM listeners!
In this episode of #IMM, Christine and Tony Welz speak with Sean Sposito, a senior analyst at Javelin.
"Sean Sposito is an analyst in the fraud & security practice at Javelin Strategy & Research. His primary focus is the intersection of retail banking and information security. The topics he’s keenly interested in are vulnerability disclosure, cybersecurity insurance, threat intelligence, and the overall challenges facing security executives inside financial institutions. "
In this episode of #IMM, Christine catches up with Ericka Chickowski at RSA 2019, discussing her focus areas as a reporter, her new position at Digirupt.io, and much more!
In this special episode of #IMM, Christine and Stephen catch up with Jeff Stone at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, where they discuss Jeff's reporting focus, his predictions for what will drive media coverage in the future and much more.
Jeff Stone is an associate editor at CyberScoop, covering cyber in government. Previously, he has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor and several other publications.
In this special episode of #IMM, Christine and Tony catch up with Sean Kerner at RSA, discussing Sean's reporting focus, his rise as a leading technology journalist and much more.
"Sean Michael Kerner is an Internet consultant, strategist, and contributor to several leading IT business web sites."
"Karen Epper Hoffman is full-time freelance writer with 20 years of experience covering financial services, technology, education and general business issues. She has been published in several trade and mainstream publications including the Wall Street Journal Europe, SC Magazine, Bank Director, Banking Strategies, Bloomberg BusinessWeek."
Ross Wilkers is a senior staff writer for Washington Technology. Previously, he was a writer/news room editor for Executive Mosaic. A local to Northern Virginia, Ross primarily reports on government IT contractors.
In this episode, Christine talks with Decipher's Fahmida Rashid. Fahmida discusses how she got into journalism, her predictions on what will dominate headlines in 2019, and much more!
"I am an award-winning technology journalist with experience covering nearly every aspect of the technology industry, my primary focus is writing about cybersecurity and privacy. I've written in various formats, including newspapers, online media, and magazines.
I am currently a senior managing editor at Decipher, covering security for an enterprise IT audience. I write about cloud security and networking, application security, DevOps, and all the areas in between.
Previously, as the senior writer at InfoWorld and CSO Online, I focused on technical analysis and commentary for IT and security professionals. As the Editor-in-Chief of RSA Conference, I developed year-round content to engage with the infosec community on a more regular basis. I was a senior writer at eWEEK, senior technical editor for CRN Test Center, and a reporter covering networking infrastructure for Forbes.com. I started my journalism career writing business news at Women's Wear Daily."
In this episode, Christine speaks to Bloomberg Radio broadcaster Amy Morris. Amy details how she got into radio, her unorthodox schedule, and much more.
"Amy Morris anchors morning news on Bloomberg 99.1 in Washington, D.C. She also co-hosts the daily radio program, “Politics, Policy, Power and Law” on Bloomberg Radio."
In this episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Sandra Erwin of Space News. Sandra dives into how she got started in journalism, some of her favorite personal stories, the dynamics of covering the space industry and much, much more!
"Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector.
She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense Magazine and Pentagon correspondent for Real Clear Defense. "
In this episode, Christine speaks with Grant Gross, a freelance journalist who contributes to publications like PCWorld.com, Computerworld.com, NYTimes.com, WashingtonPost.com, ABCNews.go.com, and CIO magazine. Grant discusses how he got into journalism, what he expects to own news cycles as the year closes and much more!
"Grant Gross is a long-time tech policy reporter, most recently serving as Washington correspondent and senior editor at IDG News Service. Since 2003, he’s written about topics such as net neutrality, electronic surveillance, cybersecurity, and digital copyright legislation. He’s also a former managing editor at Linux.com, and in a past life, he covered school board and county commission meetings for newspapers in the Dakotas and Minnesota. More information can be found at www.grantgross.com."
In this episode of #IMM, Christine Blake chats with Sara Fischer, Media Reporter for Axios. Sara discusses her journalism journey, some of her favorite stories of her own, the topics she thinks will consume news cycles in the near future and much more!
"Sara Fischer is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C. She is a media reporter at Axios. Fischer graduated from The George Washington University with a Bachelor's degree in journalism and a Master's degree in legislative affairs. Prior to her current role at Axios, she was a digital producer at The Washington Post . She was also a reporter at The New York Times and CNN."
In this episode of #IMM, Christine and Tony Welz speak with Jordan Robertson, cybersecurity reporter for Bloomberg News. Jordan gives his take on what to expect in the cyber reporting world as the year closes, his favorite stories of his own, what he looks for in a story and much more!
"Jordan Robertson has worked for Bloomberg News since 2011, covering cyber-security. Before that, he worked for the Associated Press, where he covered technology and Silicon Valley. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism."
In this episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Maria Korolov, a freelance journalist who contributes to publications like CSO, CIO and Data Center Knowledge. Maria touches on her beginnings as a journalist, her time as a war correspondent, what she looks for in a PR pitch and much more!
"Maria Korolov writes about cyber security and artificial intelligence. She has has been covering emerging technology and emerging markets for the past twenty years. She has reported from Russia, India, and Afghanistan, and recently returned to the United States after running a news bureau in China for five years"
In this very special episode of #IMM, Christine speaks with Kelly Jackson Higgins, executive editor at Dark Reading. Kelly dives into her career, her focus areas, the upcoming Black Hat conference and much more!
"Kelly Jackson Higgins is Executive Editor at DarkReading.com. She is an award-winning veteran technology and business journalist with more than two decades of experience in reporting and editing for various publications, including Network Computing, Secure Enterprise Magazine, CommunicationsWeek, Virginia Business magazine, and other major media properties. Jackson Higgins was recently selected as one of the Top 10 Cybersecurity Journalists in the US. She began her career as a sports writer in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and earned her BA at The College of William & Mary. Follow her on Twitter @kjhiggins."
In this episode of #IMM, Christine and Evan are joined by Mike Gruss, editor for C4ISRNET and Fifth Domain. Mike discusses how he got started in journalism, the focus areas that peak his interest, and much more.
"Mike Gruss an experienced journalist with a record of breaking hard news and digging out exclusives. He has covered local, state and federal government issues, including national security space and missile defense programs. Mike has also worked as a features writer, crafting magazine-length stories, light-hearted columns and alternative story forms."
In this edition of #IMM, creator and executive producer of Government Matters, George Jackson, gives the show a behind the scenes look how his team puts together the program, how it began and more!
"Government Matters is a multi-platform news program dedicated to providing non-partisan information and analysis to federal managers, contractors and those supporting the federal marketplace.
Government Matters is focused on exploring the challenges and issues facing federal managers, highlighting success stories within the federal community, and providing an outlet for both government and industry to share their outlook with the federal marketplace.
Government Matters’ primary areas of concentration are technology, security, defense, management, industry and workforce."
In this edition of #IMM, host Christine Blake sits down with freelance journalist Rob Pegoraro to discuss top trends in tech news, the publications Rob contributes to and much more.
"A D.C.-based journalist, Rob Pegoraro was the Washington Post personal-tech columnist from 1999 to 2011. He's contributed to USA Today, Discovery News, PCMag, Boing Boing, Ars Technica & others. Incessant interlocutor on Twitter, occasional radio/TV/podcast guest. Also: dad, husband, cook, gardener, cyclist, etc."
In this episode of #IMM, Christine and Georgia talk with Dan Stoller, Senior Legal Editor for Bloomberg BNA’s Privacy & Security Law Report. Dan gives us a peak into his background as a reporter and interest areas, his perspective on GDPR as well as the state of data privacy.
"Daniel R. Stoller covers a wide range of issues for the Bloomberg BNA Privacy & Data Security News desk, with a focus primarily on U.S. legal, legislative and regulatory enforcement issues. Recently he has been covering cybersecurity federal policy and legislation, data breach litigation and what harm consumer plaintiffs must face to state a claim, and national security and law enforcement surveillance and encryption issues
Dan regularly caucus with attorneys, government officials, academics and other privacy and data security thought leaders to keep abreast of the latest privacy and data security developments
Stoller has a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has a J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law at Penn State University."
Naomi Eide of CIO Dive joins the podcast to discuss her reporting, data privacy issues and much more!
"Naomi Eide edits CIO Dive with busy executives in mind. She keeps pace with the ever-changing world of tech; from emerging cyberthreats to sussing out the impact of future tech on business. Originally from Washington state, Naomi moved to the capital area to pursue her Master's in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. When she's not performing on the bassoon with a local orchestra, Naomi is crushing culinary competitions (Industry Dive pie contest champion, two years running)."
On this edition of Inside the Media Minds, Christine speaks with Aaron Gregg, national security reporter for the Washington Post.
Since 2014, Aaron has covered government contractors and Washington-era businesses for the Washington Post's business section. Check out his articles here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/aaron-gregg/?utm_term=.5fa6315512f3
In the second episode of the podcast, Christine Blake and Evan Weisel are joined by Nick Wakeman, Editor-in-chief of Washington Technology.
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BIO Washington Technology is a web-based publication focused on the business of government contractors. Nick joined Washington Technology as a staff writer in 2006 and has remained with the publication since, becoming senior editor in 2000 and then editor-in-chief in 2005.
Nick led Washington Technology's transition from primarily a print magazine to an exclusively web-based publication as well as launching the WT Insider membership program that offers exclusive paid content.
Washington Technology was acquired along with the rest of PostNewsweek Tech Media in 2007 when the Washington Post Co. sold the group to 1105 Media.
In this episode of Inside the Media Minds, Christine Blake speaks with Megan Gates, associate editor of Security Management.
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BIO Megan Gates joined the Security Management team in 2013 after graduating from Missouri State University. She holds a Bachelor's of Science in Journalism with a minor in Film Studies. During her time as an undergrad, she was the editor-in-chief of the university's award-winning student newspaper, The Standard, and was named the 2013 Missouri College Media Association's Journalist of the Year. In addition to being published by Security Management and The Standard, her work's been published by Reuters, USA TODAY College, The Springfield Business Journal, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Celebrate Arkansas Magazine, and The Joplin Globe.