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Jeff Kosseff

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Jeff Kosseff
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Journalist
Lawyer
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BA, MA)
Georgetown University (JD)
Academic work
DisciplineCybersecurity
InstitutionsUnited States Naval Academy

Jeff Kosseff is a cybersecurity law professor at the United States Naval Academy. He was previously a journalist, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and recipient of the George Polk Award.[1]

Education

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Kosseff graduated from the University of Michigan with bachelor's and master's degrees. He received a doctorate of jurisprudence from Georgetown University Law Center.[1]

Journalism

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As a journalist, Kosseff started working for The Oregonian in 2001 covering technology, and worked from its Washington, D.C. bureau from 2004 through 2008.[2] He won the George Polk Award in 2006 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2007.[3][4]

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Kosseff clerked for Judge Milan Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.[1]

He currently teaches, researches, and writes about cybersecurity law at the United States Naval Academy, where he is an associate professor in the Cyber Science department.[5]

Previously, as a lawyer at Covington & Burling LLP, he represented media and technology companies in a wide range of First Amendment and privacy issues. Among his representative matters, he advocated for federal shield law for journalists on behalf of a coalition of more than 70 media organizations.[1][6] He frequently writes and speaks about the First Amendment and privacy law.[7][8][9][10][11] The Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has named Kosseff a Privacy by Design Ambassador.[12] Kosseff is an adjunct professor of communications law at American University's School of Communications,[13] and he serves on the board of directors of the Writer's Center in Bethesda and Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma in Washington, D.C.[14][15]

Personal life

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He lives with his wife and daughter in the Washington, D.C. area.[16]

Bibliography

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  • Kosseff, Jeff (2019). The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1501735783.
  • Kosseff, Jeff (2022). The United States of Anonymous: How the First Amendment Shaped Online Speech. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1501762383.
  • Kosseff, J. (2023). Liar in a crowded theater: Freedom of speech in a world of misinformation. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1421447322.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Jeff Kosseff". Covington & Burling LLP. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  2. ^ "Oregon and National Politics: About The Oregonian's Politics Team". oregon live. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  3. ^ "2007 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism". The New York Times. 16 April 2007.
  4. ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
  5. ^ "Jeff Kosseff". United States Naval Academy. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  6. ^ "AP Scandal Demonstrates Need for Federal Shield Law to Protect Reporters—Jeff Kosseff". LXBN. Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  7. ^ Kosseff, Jeff. "Defending Section 230: The Value of Intermediary Immunity". Journal of Technology, Law, & Policy. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  8. ^ "Privacy Perspectives: Jeff Kosseff".
  9. ^ Kosseff, Jeff. "Do We Have a Right to Online Anonymity?".
  10. ^ "IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2014".
  11. ^ Kosseff, Jeff. "Public or Private, Eliminating the Gertz Defamation Test" (PDF). Journal of Law, Technology, & Policy.
  12. ^ "Jeff Kosseff: Privacy by Design". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18.
  13. ^ "American University: Meet the Faculty".
  14. ^ "The Writer's Center Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  15. ^ "Jeff Kosseff: Covington & Burling".
  16. ^ "Former Town Crier Interns Send Greetings from Washington, D.C." Mackinac Island Town Crier. 2014-04-02. Archived from the original on 2017-11-09.
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