AJ Vicens
Cybersecurity Correspondent at Reuters
United States
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Top SchoolAJ Vicens is a cybersecurity correspondent with 11 years of experience reporting on cybercrime, nation-state threats, and intelligence, currently covering high-profile incidents for Reuters. Previously a senior reporter at CyberScoop and a staff reporter at Mother Jones, he combines investigative rigor with deep beats expertise to explain complex technical and geopolitical cyber stories. His background in mass communication and journalism points to a strong grounding in narrative and sourcing, enabling him to translate technical findings into reporting that impacts policy and public awareness. Notably, he has repeatedly tracked state-aligned threat activity, blending on-the-record reporting with analysis of shifting attacker tactics.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Mass Communication, Master of Mass Communication at Arizona State UniversityBA in Journalism with a news/editorial emphasis, BA in Journalism with a news/editorial emphasis at Metropolitan State University of Denver
Github Skills (16)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
motherjones/image-sidebar
Sep 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:39 commits in 2 months
AJVicens/contact_me
May 2019 - Feb 2023
Contributions:33 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
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