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Susan Morrow on Muck Rack

Susan Morrow

  • Head of R&D, Avoco Secure and Contributor, Freelance
United Kingdom
Covers:  cybersecurity digital identity privacy IoT AI machine learning deep learning smart cities

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Creating a domain voice that is heard above the noise. My first byline was in CSOOnline magazine

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

Yes...

What does it mean to be a journalist?

It gives me a voice that my chronic illness tried to silence

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

#switchtheinternetoff (I used a time portal to go forward 10 years to fid it)

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

A massive variety

What's your favorite social network?

LinkedIn

Who do you wish followed you?

Ann Cavoukian, Kevin Mitnick, Mikko Hypponen, Mary Jo Foley, Joanna Stern

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

We didn't have one

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Write about what you know

What's the best pitch you ever got?

To Information Age on the misuse of consent in data privacy to create a tiered privacy system for haves and have-nots

What's your favorite drink?

Water and wine

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

In my garden

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That it needs to be written for technical folks only

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