Hiawatha Bray

Hiawatha Bray is a technology columnist for The Boston Globe business section.[1]

Education

Born in Chicago, Bray received a bachelor's degree in economics from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1976 and a master's degree in communications from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, in 1985.

Career

Bray started as a reporter and managing editor for Computerpeople Weekly.

He joined the Boston Globe in 1995. Bray has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines which include Wired, Fast Company, and Black Enterprise.[2]

Bray wrote for a number of weblogs where he supported President Bush and attacked Senator John Kerry. During the 2004 election, he reported on technological aspects of the presidential campaigns. He also reported on political computer games that encouraged support for Dean's candidacy and several games featured on the Republican National Committee's website.[3]

Awards and honors

He has received the John Hancock Award for Business Journalism and has been honored by the National Association of Black Journalists. Marketing Computers magazine named him as one of the 10 most influential newspaper journalists covering technology. He also received an Overseas Press Club award for his work on the internet in Africa.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bio: Hiawatha Bray". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 "-Staff list- The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Maloy, Simon. "Boston Globe reporter used blogs to attack Kerry, support Bush during '04 campaign | Research". Media Matters. Retrieved 15 May 2013.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.