Media Coordinator/Policy Analyst
Joined on November 16, 2004
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Annalee Newitz is EFF’s Media Coordinator/Policy Analyst. She handles media relations, conducts research, and writes policy recommendations and white papers. Although she is a digital rights generalist, her special areas of interest are expanding the public domain, free speech, and network regulation. Previously, she was Culture Editor at the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and was the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship in 2002. She writes a syndicated column called Techsploitation and is published regularly in national magazines and newspapers. In her off-hours, she edits an indie magazine called Other. She has a Ph.D. in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in a case that could have a profound effect on the privacy of Internet communications. The brief argues that the decision in US v. Councilman, soon to be reheard by the full First Circuit, should be overturned. more