CDNNPUBLISHER CDS EDITORIAL editor in chief
STANFORD SUZUKI managing editor
FREEMAN WASHINGTON assistant editor
SYLVIA COHEN europe editor
IVAN VALENSKY asia editor
JASON CHEN africa editor
SOLOMON SAMAILA safety editor
LUTHER MONROE environmental editor
EVAN T. ALLARD industry editor
LAMAR BENNINGTON travel editor
CARMEN SANCHEZ ART/DESIGN iPlanet art director
YUJI YAMAMOTO graphic design
FABIO CIRELLI graphic design
NIGEL GRAHAM STAFF ALMA BERNSTEIN ANTHONY MARTELL KIRSTY O'NEIL ASIA RHODES SARINA RODRIGUEZ FEATURED WRITERS WILLIAM ALEVIZON DAVE BARRY OLIVER BENNETT LAMAR BENNINGTON ALISTAIR BILLINGS FABIAN BONIS ROGER BOYES ANTHONY BROWN STEVE CHAPPEL SUSAN COCKING STEVE CONNOR DAVID FICKLING JOHN FOWLER HAL HINSON DEBORAH L. JACOBS ALEX KIRBY NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF PAUL LUCAS RICHARD MADDEN DAVID MALAKOFF LUTHER MONROE BRIAN NOONAN JAMES OWEN TIM RADFORD SCOTT RADWAY CARMEN SANCHEZ JENNIFER STROM STANFORD SUZUKI JAN TENBRUGGENCATE PAMELA S. TURNER IVAN VALENSKY FREEMAN WASHINGTON PAUL WATSON CYNTHIA WEATHERLY TONY WHEELER KIMBERLY A. C. WILSON | | CDNN is a public service, global non-profit conservation activist and consumer advocate that partners with educators, scientists, environmentalists, publishers and the general public to disseminate information aimed at protecting marine wildlife, enhancing public safety and empowering dive consumers with authoritative, accurate, hype-free information about scuba diving products and services. Renowned for in-depth news coverage, independent no-nonsense reviews, and a unique perspective you won't find anywhere else, CDNN has rapidly expanded into the world's largest scuba publishing network with 30 scuba publications in English and Japanese. No other scuba publisher so effectively transcends industry hype to provide you with free, immediate and direct access to reliable, news-based information you really can trust. There is a place for ad-driven diving magazines, to be sure, but how much integrity can we expect from publishing enterprises that blatantly pander to advertising contributors? How much objectivity can we expect from monthly magazines and their online counterparts that keep "rediscovering" the same overcrowded dive destinations and the same high-volume dive operators who buy the big ads? How much honesty can we expect from online scuba portal sites that go out of their way to avoid objective, critical reviews that might offend clients and alienate potential new advertisers? Our philosophy is entirely different. We believe that before you put a substantial dent in your bank account for an expensive dive trip or diving equipment, you deserve to know the truth about what you're paying for. We promise to tell you the facts, the positive AND THE NEGATIVE, and let you decide which diving product or service is right for you. CDNN's award-winning news reports, editorials and features are made possible by sponsor companies that are confident the facts will show their products and services are safe, enjoyable and environmentally responsible. We are grateful for sponsor support, we enthusiastically promote the unique and deserving companies that support our work on behalf of marine conservation and dive safety, and we are justifiably proud of our cutting edge eMarketing solutions and state-of-the-art news-based promotion that give our sponsors the most powerful and cost-effective promotional tools available to the dive industry. Your knowledge and experience are another invaluable part of the information we provide to the diving community. You can contribute directly to CDNN with our interactive channels, opinion polls and monitored forums that enable readers to focus on specific issues covered in CDNN news reports. We believe SCUBA POLL and SCUBA FORUM work far better for our readers than news groups and industry controlled message boards that are drowning in profanity, SPAM, hostility and off-topic posts. If you're looking for an honest and independent source of cutting edge information about diving, dive into CDNN. Better yet, get the inside advantage with IN DEPTH, the world's first and still leading consumer advocate for divers and the world's only 100% ad-free scuba publication. Yes, the information in our web site is comprehensive, however, for about the same price of a subscription to a scuba magazine with page after page of insipid marketing hype, IN DEPTH brings you in-depth, inside information to ensure you avoid nasty surprises and get exactly what you want when you plunk down substantial amounts of your hard-earned cash for a dive travel holiday, diver training course or scuba diving equipment. |
