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J.M. Porup

  • Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Ava Labs, Freelance
Covers:  surveillance, cybersecurity, infosec, hacking, natsec
"to hold a quill is to be at war" --Voltaire
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Editorial Intern for Strong Coffee, a rocking underground Chicago arts 'zine.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

yes.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Maureen Dowd

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Written on foolscap and delivered by mule-riding wizard. Encrypted email works too.

What's your favorite social network?

the face-to-face kind. nothing like it.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

good Lord no

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

The Lonely Planet guidebook to Colombia (5th ed.) As the Co-ordinating Author, I was the fixit guy after the Kohnstamm scandal broke.

When's the best time to pitch you?

any old time.
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