Becky Hogge
| Becky Hogge | |
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 Becky Hogge (March 2006) |
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| Born | London, England |
| Occupation | Writer on technology, politics and music; previously executive director of the Open Rights Group |
| Website | |
| Barefoot into Cyberspace | |
Becky Hogge is a UK-based music and technology writer and the first full-time executive director[1] of the Open Rights Group, resigning in 2008. She was previously the managing editor, and then the technology director and technology commissioning editor for openDemocracy.net.[2] During her time with openDemocracy she helped establish the China environment website chinadialogue.net, along with editor Isabel Hilton. She is a board member of the Open Knowledge Foundation.[3]
As a writer and commentator, she covers the global politics of technology, open source, and intellectual property rights. She writes a weekly technology column for the New Statesman[4] and openDemocracy[2] and has also written for The Guardian,[5] and Prospect,[6] In 2011 she published a book about the hacker culture entitled Barefoot into Cyberspace: Adventures in search of techno-Utopia.
References [edit]
- ^ Open Rights Group: Becky Hogge to be new ORG Executive Director
- ^ a b openDemocracy: Becky Hogge
- ^ "New Media Knowledge — Brief exposure". New Media Knowledge. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ New Statesman: Becky Hogge
- ^ "Becky Hogge". The Guardian (London). 26 January 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
- ^ Hogge, Becky (23 November 2008). "We all need digital privacy". Prospect. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
