14/05/2008

A Scots freelance business writer has been nominated for an UK-wide journalism prize celebrating the best work on the specialist subject of information security.

Bill Magee, a regulator contributor to Scotland on Sunday, has been shortlisted in this year’s BT Information Security Journalism Awards. The ceremony takes place on the 11th of next month.

First prize, that of ‘Information Security Journalist of the Year’, carries a prize of £2000, while the winners in each of the other categories will walk away with £500.

Bill is shortlisted in the discretionary, Enigma Award.

The shortlist reads:

Information security journalist of the year

Paul Marks, chief technology correspondent, New Scientist
Michelle Price, senior writer, Information Age (now technology editor, The Banker)
Peter Warren, freelance journalist
Davey Winder, freelance journalist

Best information security news story

Bill Goodwin, news editor, Computer Weekly
Paul Marks, chief technology correspondent, New Scientist
Peter Warren, freelance journalist
Davey Winder, freelance journalist

Best business continuity feature of the year

Danny Bradbury, freelance journalist
Michelle Price, senior writer, Information Age (now technology editor, The Banker)
Jon Thompson, freelance journalist
Rebecca Thomson, technology reporter, Computer Weekly

Best identity management feature of the year

Danny Bradbury, freelance journalist
Davey Winder, freelance journalist

Best privacy feature of the year

Simon Edwards,  MacUser
Jon Thompson, freelance journalist
Davey Winder, freelance journalist
Tom Young, reporter, Computing

Best generic security feature of the year

Celeste Biever, technology news editor, New Scientist
Eleanor Dallaway, editor, Infosecurity
Bill Goodwin, news editor, Computer Weekly
Duncan Graham-Rowe, freelance journalist
Gary Marshall, freelance journalist
Michelle Price, senior writer, Information Age (now technology editor, The Banker)
Davey Winder, freelance journalist

Enigma award

Ian Grant, Computer Weekly
Bill Magee, freelance journalist
Michelle Price, senior writer, Information Age (now technology editor, The Banker)
Peter Warren, freelance journalist

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