Kim Zetter

Kim Zetter is an American freelance journalist in Oakland, California. She has written on a wide variety of subjects from the Kabbalah to dining out in San Francisco to Israel to cryptography and electronic voting, and her work has been published in newspapers and magazines all over the world, including the "Los Angeles Times", "San Francisco Chronicle", "Jerusalem Post", "San Jose Mercury News", "Detroit Free Press", and the "Sydney Morning Herald". She has been a staff reporter at "Wired", a writer and editor at "PC World", and a guest on NPR and CNN.

She is probably best known for her reporting for "Wired News", where she has written over 100 articles. Some of her work, such as that dealing with the security problems of electronic voting machines, [http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,62790,00.html] and public interest in the CIA's Kryptos sculpture, [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66334,00.html] introduced stories that were not covered by the mainstream press until months later. Her 2003–2004 series of articles on electronic voting won several awards, and she was shortlisted for the prestigious Investigative Reporters and Editors Award.

Zetter has interviewed and written about many notable people including sculptor James Sanborn (creator of the CIA's Kryptos sculpture), [http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,66333,00.html] Ed Scheidt (Chairman of the CIA's Cryptographic Center), [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66359,00.html] Mike Lynn (about the Cisco scandal in 2005), Australian film director Baz Luhrmann, [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/17/1034561264479.html]
United States Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh (creator of the Patriot Act), [http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,62388,00.html] and the famous cryptographer Bruce Schneier. [http://pcworld.about.com/news/Sep282001id63806.htm]

Though born in the United States, she got her start as a journalist in Israel, when she was living there for three years. Some of her first articles were written for the "Jerusalem Post". She speaks English and Hebrew, and her book on the Kabbalah has been published in multiple languages.

Selected articles

* [http://pcworld.about.com/news/Apr032001id43842.htm Three Minutes with Jeff Moss] , April 3, 2001, "PC World" (interview with the founder of the Def Con and Black Hat security conferences)
* [http://pcworld.about.com/news/Apr052001id44687.htm Three Minutes with Hacker Fosdick] , April 9, 2001, "PC World" (Maggie winner)
* [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/17/1034561264479.html Baz brings bohemians to the Bay] , October 18, 2002, (on Baz Luhrmann)
* [http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60052,00.html BlackBerry Reveals Bank's Secrets] , August 25, 2003, "Wired News"
* [http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,60713,00.html Time to Recall E-Vote Machines?] , October 6, 2003, "Wired News"
* [http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,60563,00.html Did E-Vote Firm Patch Election?] , October 13, 2003, "Wired News"
* [http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,62790,00.html How E-voting Threatens Democracy] , April 2, 2004, "Wired News"
* [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66334,00.html Solving the Enigma of "Kryptos"] , January 26, 2005, "Wired News"
* [http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/22/racial_profiling/ Why Racial Profiling Doesn't Work] , August 22, 2005, Salon.com
* [http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/06/13/Anti-Corporate-Websites The Secret Seven] , Jun 13, 2008 , Condé Nast Portfolio

Awards

* 2005, Maggie Award ( [http://wpa-online.org Western Publications Association)] , Best Web Article/Consumer, for "How E-Voting Threatens Democracy" [http://www.wpa-online.org/maggie2005/winners.html]
* 2004, IRE Awards ( [http://www.ire.org Investigative Reporters and Editors)] , Finalist, Online category, for "Machine Politics" (E-voting series) [http://www.ire.org/contest/04winners.html]
* 2002, Maggie Award ( [http://wpa-online.org Western Publications Association)] , Best Online Interview/Profile, for "Three Minutes with Hacker Fosdick" [http://wpa-online.org/maggie2002winners.html]
* 2000, Neal Award ( [http://www.americanbusinessmedia.com American Business Media)] , Best Single Issue, for "Privacy 2000" (PC Magazine - edited cover story)
* 2000, ASBPE ( [http://www.asbpe.org American Society of Business Publication Editors] ), National Silver Award, Best Original Web Feature, for "What Makes Johnny - and Jane - Write Viruses?" [http://marketing.pcworld.com/site/pressreleases/asbpe.html]
* 2000, ASBPE ( [http://www.asbpe.org American Society of Business Publication Editors] ), West Coast Bronze, Best Feature Story, for "Spam! How It Happens and How to Beat It" (edited) [http://marketing.pcworld.com/site/pressreleases/asbpeAwards.html]

Books

* "Simple Kabbalah: A Simple Wisdom Book", 2000, Conari Press, ISBN 0-7858-1511-2 (hardback), ISBN 1-57324-170-9 (paperback)
* "Cabala: para Viver com Sabedoria no Mundo Moderno", 2005, Nova Era, ISBN 85-7701-008-2
* "Lonely Planet Out to Eat: San Francisco", Lonely Planet Publications, ISBN 1-74059-270-0 (2002 edition), ISBN 1-86450-084-0 (2000 edition)

References

* [http://www.wired.com/search?query=Kim+Zetter&siteAlias=noblog Kim Zetter stories at Wired.com]
* [http://www.conari.com/authors/author_detail.jsp?supplier_id=97 Biography page at Conari Press]

External links

* [http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/files/FBI_Cybercrook.pdf Steal This Download] The story of hi-tech grifter Dave Thomas
* [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/10/tools.free.stuff/ "Tools: Free Stuff online"] , CNN, Sci-Tech, March 10, 2001 transcript (Kim Zetter's story)
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1490901 "Activist group to sue E-voting firm"] , NPR, November 3, 2003 (Kim Zetter is one of those interviewed)
* [http://www.invisibleballots.com "Invisible Ballots"] , 2004 video documentary in which Kim Zetter appears
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4664479 "Credit Cards That Don't Swipe"] , NPR (Kim Zetter, guest), May 24, 2005