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Discounted hotel rate for cybersecurity workshop expires Monday, May 9


Register now for the Cybersecurity for Editors workshop June 3-4 at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. One of the sessions featuring intelligence officers will turn a Merrill College computer lab into a hacker cell to teach you how to gain access to someone else's network and also let you watch a cyberattack as it spreads.

Travel reimbursements of up to $300 per attendee are available. 
 
Join us for the Cybersecurity for Editors workshop June 3-4 at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Highly engaging sessions led by various experts in the field will teach journalists how to cover cybersecurity issues. Register now before the discounted hotel rate (as low as $119/night) expires May 9!

As an added bonus, the workshop provides travel reimbursements of up to $300 per attendee. Travel may include airfare, baggage, hotel and/or mileage. 

Registration is $150 for ASNE members and $250 for nonmembers. 

Featured sessions are: 

  • Former Central Intelligence Agency officer Mark Lowenthal and others at the Intelligence and Security Academy will turn a Merrill College computer lab into a hacker cell to teach you how to gain access to someone else's network and also let you watch a cyberattack as it spreads.
  • A government psychologist will explain the mind of the criminal hacker.
  • A forensic expert will reveal the vulnerabilities facing local governments and the challenges to police investigators.
  • Herb Lin, senior research scholar for cyber policy and security at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation, will explain cyber war.
  • Ashley Gauthier, a lawyer at National Public Radio, will outline new obstacles to accessing digitized government records.
  • Industry leaders will explain just how much personal data corporations are collecting from your iPhone and other devices and how much data is being stolen from corporations large and small.
  • Siobhan Gorman, award-winning former cyber reporter at The Wall Street Journal, will lead a story-brainstorming session.

The workshop will start at 8 a.m. Friday, June 3, and conclude at noon Saturday, June 4, at Merrill College's John S. and James L. Knight Hall (7765 Alumni Drive, College Park, MD 20742), six miles outside of the District of Columbia. A Thursday welcome cocktail hour, Friday meals, including a reception and dinner, and Saturday breakfast will be provided. The workshop is limited to 36 attendees. 

To make hotel reservations at the new College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center (3501 University Blvd. E., Hyattsville, MD 20783), please call Globetrotter Travel at 301-570-0800 or 800-322-7032Any cancellations must be made through the travel agency.  

The workshop is sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation's Cyber Initiative. 

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