Here’s a change of pace from previous weeks: One of the big trends this week in the government tech media was a focus on healthcare technology in government – not to mention a widely-reported cyber attack on a medical device company that many reporters tied to the U.S. military action in Iran. And of course, […]
On our special annual RSA episode of Inside the Media Minds, Christine Blake and I sat down with Matt Kapko, Reporter at CyberScoop, to chat about his plans for the upcoming RSA Conference from March 23-26, 2026. Inspired initially by the book “The Rum Diary” by Hunter Thompson, Matt found an interest in writing at […]
The big news this week – the U.S. attack on Iran – extended beyond the world of government technology, but government tech reporters still covered the news closely. We also saw lots of coverage on the fallout from the previous week’s executive order prohibiting federal government use of Anthropic AI products. Iran Coverage Across the […]
Government cybersecurity and AI issues never fail to generate headlines, and this week was no different. We saw various stories on recent events at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), including some major leadership changes. And we also saw a continuation of the disagreement between the Pentagon and AI company Anthropic. Here’s a roundup […]
The career path that took Terry Gerton to her job as host of Federal News Network’s “The Federal Drive” program was decidedly different from the paths taken by other journalists interviewed by Luca Pagni and Joyson Cherian for the “Gov & Beyond” podcast. In fact, she’s taken many paths. In this interview, Gerton notes that […]
As a communications professional for more than 30 years, one thing that sticks in my craw is the reduction of my profession into two letters that far too often get used as a verb. Let’s get this off the table right now, you never “PR something.” It’s not a thing. It sounds more like an […]
There was so much AI-related news in the government tech media, it was difficult to know where to begin. This week, my roundup features a grab bag of articles on the various ways organizations across government are pushing forward with new ways to use AI tools. As far as where to start, see below for […]
Last week, we saw a lot of reporting from industry events, and we saw the same thing happen this week – thanks largely to an outpouring of news from the WEST 2026 conference in San Diego. And in another (unwelcome) case of recent history repeating, we saw renewed discussion in government tech media outlets about […]
Today earned media makes up 89% of AI search results. Earned results are defined as inclusion in academic papers, contributed content, government resources and reports, and most importantly journalist written stories on credible media sites. Google search still dwarfs the searches across all AI platforms put together, accounting for 95% versus AI’s 5%. But, considering […]
On this episode of Inside the Media Minds, our co-hosts Christine Blake and Madison Farabaugh get together with Kelly Jackson Higgins, Editor-in-Chief of Dark Reading and Vice President of Cybersecurity Editorial at Informa TechTarget, to learn about the Informa TechTarget merger, the 20th anniversary of Dark Reading and the future of the cybersecurity media landscape. […]
