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David DiMolfetta

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Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Government Executive, Nextgov/FCW, Medium, MSN, The Washington Post, Yahoo News, SFGate, Substack, Chron, Flipboard, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel and
Covers:  Technology policy, cybersecurity, cybersecurity policy, national intelligence, AI, finance
@NextgovFCW cybersecurity + intelligence reporter. Tips: ddimolfetta@govexec.com Signal: @ djd.99 BSKY: @ddimolfetta.bsky.social
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporting at my university's newspaper.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

Information moves quickly when social media comes into play, and the news isn't excluded from this; people are informed faster.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Educating the world!

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Lots of data analysis tools: R and Stata just to name a couple.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Whenever you'd like to.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Exercising

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

Several: The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, and many others.
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