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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:02:51 -0500
From: Richard Forno <rforno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: FW: CMU Awards for Accuracy in Cybersecurity Reporting
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
It's about high time that those who promote accuracy in the reporting of
cybersecurity are recognized, especially given the amount of FUD and hype
surrounding the topic in the media in general. Kudos to CMU!
Rick
http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases03/031024_cybereportaward.html
Carnegie Mellon Names Six Finalists for Prestigious Cybersecurity
Reporting Awards
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Six national journalists
will vie for top honors at Carnegie Mellon University's 2003 Cybersecurity
Journalism Awards program at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, at the National Press
Club in Washington, D.C.
The finalists include Robert O'Harrow Jr. of The Washington Post and
John Markoff of The New York Times in the print category; Renay San Miguel
of CNN and Alan Boyle and Bob Sullivan of MSNBC.com for the online category;
Kendra Gahagan and Richard Sergay of ABC's World News Tonight for spot news
in the broadcast category; and Ted Koppel, Chris Bury and Tom Bettag of ABC
News Nightline for the news documentary category.
The awards were developed by Carnegie Mellon and the Newseum to honor
editors, reporters and producers who have done the most to educate the
public by giving readers and viewers a better understanding of America's
ongoing war against terrorism.
A panel of judges was chaired by Pradeep Khosla, co-director of CyLab
and the Dowd professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie
Mellon, and Susan Bennett, veteran journalist and director of international
exhibits at the Newseum in Arlington, Va. The Newseum is an interactive
museum of news. Carnegie Mellon's new CyLab is an umbrella organization
designed to make every click of the computer for home and industry users
safer.
The award judges included David Ensor, a national security
correspondent with CNN; Marilyn Thompson, assistant managing editor of
investigative reporting at The Washington Post; Carol Giacomo, diplomatic
correspondent for Reuters; and Mark Thompson, national security
correspondent for Time Magazine.
All entries must have been published or broadcast after Sept. 1,
2001. Judging was based on several criteria including deadline pressures and
content. All finalists demonstrated the ability to explain complex issues
through clearly defined examples.