CyberWire Information

, officially launched in January of 1994, rapidly gained recognition as a hard-hitting, take-no-prisoners news service concentrating on issues relevant to Cyberspace. Brock has taken on the self-proclaimed title of "Journalist Zero" that identifies him as the first journalist to report and write articles solely for the online community; however, that doesn't mean there weren't earlier electronic journalistic efforts. Established traditional newspaper organizations, such as Knight-Ridder, had early online journalistic experiments, but these were simply exercises in "repurposing" content they had already published in newsprint. Brock's work differed because his journalistic efforts were entirely based online, and intended for an online audience. No other journalist was doing that when Brock started his online reporting career. If you want to call "B.S." on his claim of being "Journalist Zero" he would love to hear from you because frankly, carrying around the weight of that title is taking years off his life... was written and produced by Brock N. Meeks as a free service for the Net community at large. offered commentary, investigations and hard news relevant to issues of the day. Meeks brought to his skills as a daily reporter with more than 20 years of experience on the Internet. To produce Brock adhered to the same rigorous journalistic guidelines and ethics that brought him numerous journalism awards throughout his career. Using his reporting and investigative skills to dig into the murky, often confusing waters awash on the Internet, Brock's articles often brought these stories to the Net well ahead of the major daily newspapers. Postscript...CyberWire Dispatch officially ended its successful publication run in early 2004. The publication had been on "life support" for far too long. Meeks decided to give CWD the honorable end it deserved... which really means he finally accepted the truth of the matter: that he had neither the motivation, the anger or the time to keep feeding the beast. But damn what a run ...