Brock N. Meeks

Who is Brock N. Meeks?

Brock N. Meeks is an award-winning investigative journalist. He pioneered the field of online journalism and founded one of the preeminent online publications, CyberWire Dispatch, in 1994. At its peak, CyberWire Dispatch was distributed to more than 800,000 readers via mailing lists and newsgroups. At the height of his online career, Meeks was "the most widely read reporter in cyberspace." CyberWire Dispatch officially ceased publication in early 2004.

Meeks's articles focused on the intersection of government and technology, and were among the first to explore issues such as online rights – including free speech and the right to privacy – encryption, censorship, and the regulation of content.

Meeks gained a degree of fame he'd probably rather not have by being the first journalist sued for libel in cyberspace while writing his CyberWire Dispatch. Journalist and author Dan Gilmor wrote in his book "We the Media": "[Meeks] was, by most accounts, the first Internet journalist to be sued for libel.