For immediate release
Nov. 1, 2007
Contact:
Ari Schwartz
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WASHINGTON -- Brock Meeks, an award winning journalist and 15-year veteran of the technology policy debate, has joined the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) as Director of Communications, CDT announced today.
A pioneer in the field of online journalism, Meeks covered privacy, online free expression, digital copyright, national security and other Internet issues for more than a decade. Meeks was one of the first reporters to write about CDT's formation in 1995.
"Brock is an Internet pioneer. He helped launch online journalism. He knows the medium, knows the issues and knows how to talk about them in a way that both thought leaders and general audiences can understand," CDT President Leslie Harris said. "Brock comes into CDT able to contribute substantively from day one to our mission. He is a terrific addition to our team."
Meeks most recently served as chief Washington correspondent for MSNBC.com covering beats ranging from technology to civil liberties to legislative attempts aimed at taming the Internet. After 9/11 Brock created and developed the homeland security beat for MSNBC.com
Before joining MSNBC, Meeks was the Washington correspondent for Wired magazine and its online counterpart, HotWired. Brock wrote features for the magazine and produced two columns for HotWired, Muckraker and Campaign Dispatch. The latter column was exclusively dedicated to his coverage of the 1996 Presidential campaign.
About CDT: The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media.