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EDITOR'S NOTE
-- How Do You Use Mobile in Your Reporting?
EXPERT ALERTS
-- Prediction: Every Vehicle Will Be Hybrid/Electric Within 10 Years
-- Teaching Ethical Hacking to Students
-- The Battle for a Free and Open Internet Continues
MEDIA JOBS
-- Personal Finance Writer - CBNC.com (NJ)
-- Trending News Writers - LatinPost.com (NY)
-- Solutions Reporter - The News Journal (DE)
OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES
-- Upcoming Twitter Chat: Book Ghostwriting 101
-- Top Professional Goals of 2015
-- PR Newswire's Media Moves: Jan. 19 Edition
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EXPERT ALERTS:
Prediction: Every Vehicle Will Be Hybrid/Electric Within 10 Years
Stanley Whittingham
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science
Binghamton University
Whittingham, inventor of the lithium-ion battery and professor of chemistry at Binghamton University, predicts that "within 10 years, every vehicle will be hybrid or electric." A major researcher in battery technology today is the auto industry, as each company races to produce the most energy-efficient cars possible. Despite the challenges, Whittingham says staying with gas-only vehicles isn't an option anymore. Some say that oil production peaked around 2005, at the same time that demand began skyrocketing in countries like China and India. "World petroleum production is going down," he says. "The petroleum century is gone. So we've got to find other sources of energy."
Whittingham is at the forefront of the movement to design the next generation of lithium-ion batteries. But that's nothing new for the man who holds 16 patents, is number 17 in the Greentech Hall of Fame and invented the technology 40 years ago. Whittingham started his career strong, winning the Young Author Award from the Electrochemical Society in 1971 and quickly landing a job at Exxon, where he rode a wave of interest in alternative energy. It was the nation's first energy crisis. Drivers had to wait in line for hours to get gas, and industries and governments poured money into research. His team's mandate at Exxon was simply to explore energy sources other than petroleum. He found one when he invented the lithium-ion battery. Today, it's the heart of just about every personal device -- laptops, tablets, smartphones, MP3 players, etc.
Media Contact: Kimberly Spaulding, kspauldi@binghamton.edu
Teaching Ethical Hacking to Students
Bo Yuan
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Computing Security
Rochester Institute of Technology
"New computing security graduates are crucial to creating the best defense from the countless, increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks that invade our privacy, cost us money and threaten our national security. In just the last two years, we have seen applications for the computing security degree grow dramatically. In order to create effective computing security professionals, computing security programs need to be committed to providing students an outstanding educational experience, exposure to the newest technologies and a foundation for lifelong learning."
Yuan can discuss how higher education approaches cybersecurity education and teaching ethical hacking to students. He can also comment on Obama's announcement of cybersecurity plans in the State of the Union and how it affects colleges. RIT has been designated one of National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cybersecurity Education by National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. In 2013, a team of RIT students won the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, the largest college-level cyber-defense competition in the U.S. RIT was one of the first universities in the nation to create a dedicated department of computing security. The RIT computing security bachelor and Master's programs currently enroll about 350 students.
Media Contact: Scott Bureau, sbbcom@rit.edu
The Battle for a Free and Open Internet Continues
Edward Lee
Professor
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Jan. 18, 2012, Internet blackout was the shot heard 'round the cyber world. More than 115,000 websites, including Wikipedia, Google and Twitter, "went black" in a day of self-censorship. It was an incredible example of democracy in action, of civic engagement. The people -- not the lawyers, lobbyists, government officials or courts -- were at the forefront of the fight to save the Internet. Lee, the author of "How People Defeated Hollywood and Saved the Internet -- For Now," says the Internet battle is not over: "'We, the people' can make a difference. "It's our generation's moment in history. It's how we will be later judged by future generations."
Lee is the founder of The Free Internet Project (TFIP), a nonprofit organization that provides a user-friendly resource for the international public to follow, share, and comment on the latest bills, decisions, constitutional amendments, and technologies to protect the Internet.
Media Contact: Gwendolyn E. Osborne, gosborne@kentlaw.iit.edu
MEDIA JOBS:
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-- Personal Finance Writer - CBNC.com (NJ)
-- Trending News Writers - LatinPost.com (NY)
-- Solutions Reporter - The News Journal (DE)
OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:
Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line.
-- UPCOMING TWITTER CHAT: BOOK GHOSTWRITING 101. One of the most frequent
questions we get from writers is, "How do I break into book
ghostwriting?" So, for our next Twitter chat, we'll ask ghostwriting
expert Marcia Layton Turner for her advice and insight. The chat will
take place Tuesday, Jan. 20, from 3 to 4 p.m. EST on Twitter. More
details here: http://prn.to/157n0DU
-- TOP PROFESSIONAL GOALS OF 2015. Before New Year's Day, people take some
time to think about their personal goals and resolutions for the new
year. Some people set a goal to join the gym and work on their fitness;
others set a goal to learn a new hobby or skill. For the latest Q&A Team
column, we asked media and communications professionals to share their
top professional goal for this year: http://prn.to/14VESBu
-- PR NEWSWIRE'S MEDIA MOVES, JAN. 19 EDITION. PR Newswire's weekly
audience research newsletter, PR Newswire's Media Moves, is chock-full
of media news and job changes. In this week's issue, you'll read updates
on The New Republic, Politico, Washington Post, Bloomberg Businessweek,
The New Yorker, Architectural Digest, Atlanta Magazine, and more:
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