Inside The Media Minds

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 o...

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 Scien...

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, incl...

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...

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 W...

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 Washingto...

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 t...

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 techn...

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...