Jon Katz (Montclair, N.J., Wired, Rolling Stone and Slashdot.org): For his book, Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho.
[citation needed] Stuart Brown: for his articles Big Jobs are going to Micromachines, and Good-Bye Test Tubes, Hello, Labs-on-a-Chip.
[citation needed] Ben Shneiderman: “for his book, Leonardo’s Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies.” [2] William J. Mitchell: for increasing public understanding of information technology in everyday life through his book, Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City[citation needed] Terri Spitz, Steven Cooper and Scott Schroeder:for increasing public understanding of the impacts on engineering employment due to the H-1B and L-1 visa programs through their TV news series, Stolen Jobs.
[3] WESH-TV Channel 2 News team consisting of Dan Billow, Travis J. Sherwin, Tom Schaad and Claire Metz: for accurate reporting in the Return to Flight series, which improved community awareness and understanding of the contributions of engineers in the space program.
[citation needed] Paula S. Apsell: For long-term efforts in promoting the understanding of science and engineering through NOVA programs.