Jayne Lytel

Jayne Lytel is publisher and editor in chief of The Ballard Case. She is also an author (Perigee/Penguin), former syndicated columnist and journalist, and federal contractor specializing in cybersecurity and privacy governance.

As chief AI architect at capMedia Inc., Lytel brings together her cybersecurity experience as a federal contractor with Peraton and Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; her AI fellowship at the R42 Institute; and more than 40 years in journalism to create and share experiments through which she—and others—can learn and grow.

Her path to writing began at the University of Florida as a reporter for “The Independent Florida Alligator” to the business desk at “The Washington Post,” where she worked as a copy editor. She also served as Washington Deputy Bureau Chief for Institutional Investor Inc. and wrote the syndicated Internet911 column for United Features Syndicate.

Lytel is author of Act Early Against Autism (Perigee, 2008). Her debut psychological eco-thriller, Run From Sunday, is forthcoming by Bold Story Press.

In October 1993, Jayne founded the first newsletter chronicling the Internet's commercial rise—a publication where the CIA called her and invited her to visit headquarters.

Beyond her professional work, Jayne is a member of the National Press Club and serves on the advisory board for press freedom, which is part of the Club's Journalism Institute. She conceived and developed the Baby Brain Map, an interactive adaptation of Erikson Institute's Brainwonders for child brain development.