CyberScoopNews hires Otto as editor in chief
CyberScoop News has hired Greg Otto to be its editor in chief, where he previously was editor in chief from June 2018 to September 2020. Otto has been a senior security writer at At-Bay and editorial director at Trail of Bits. Otto has led cybersecurity coverage that has won various awards, including accolades from the Society of […]
Bracken hired as ME for CyberScoop and FedScoop
CyberScoop and FedScoop has hired Matt Bracken to be its managing editor. He had most recently been at Morning Consult as a senior editor. Bracken had been deputy editorial director at Edelman in the Washington, D.C. office. He provided editorial counsel to clients in the federal government, technology, health care, education, public affairs and energy sectors. Before that, Bracken spent […]
Smalley to join Reuters as a cybersecurity correspondent
Reuters has hired Suzanne Smalley as a cybersecurity correspondent. Smalley will begin on Jan. 3. Recently, Smalley was at CyberScoop, where she covered intelligence and disinformation. She covered technology at Inside Higher Education and was a reporter at Yahoo News. She was a media consultant at nonprofit research and policy institute Opportunity Insights, a senior […]
Vicens swaps Mother Jones for CyberScoop
AJ Vicens has joined CyberScoop as a reporter covering cybercrime, nation-state threats and election security. He was most recently a staff reporter at Mother Jones, reports Politico. Vicens had been with Mother Jones for over 8 years. Vicens is also an online contributor at 5280 Magazine in Denver, Colorado. He has also worked at WKRP, […]
CNN hires Lyngaas as cybersecurity reporter
Sean Lyngaas, a senior reporter at CyberScoop, will be leaving to join CNN as a cybersecurity reporter. His new role begins in September. Lyngaas has also been freelancing for the past 9 years, with his work appearing in The Atlantic, The Economist, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, among other publications. He has […]
CyberScoop’s Vavra joins Daily Beast as a national security reporter
The Daily Beast has tapped Shannon Vavra as a national security reporter covering cybersecurity, along with a focus on national security and intelligence coverage. Her new role begins later this month. Currently, Vavra is a cybersecurity reporter at CyberScoop. Before that, she was a news reporter at Axios and has also interned at the U.S. […]
Riley departs Washington Post for CyberScoop
Tonya Riley will be joining CyberScoop as a reporter covering cybersecurity as well as helping the team build out more of its tech and privacy coverage. Her new role begins Jun. 1. Most recently, Riley was at The Washington Post covering technology and cybersecurity policy for the Technology 202 and Cybersecurity 202 newsletters as a […]
