Becky Hogge

Becky Hogge (born 1979 in London) 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 former board member of the Open Knowledge Foundation.[3] and a member of its advisory board.

Becky Hogge
Becky Hogge (March 2006)
Born1979
London, England
OccupationWriter on technology, politics and music; previously executive director of the Open Rights Group
WebsiteBarefoot into Cyberspace

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
  1. Open Rights Group: Becky Hogge to be new ORG Executive Director
  2. openDemocracy: Becky Hogge
  3. "New Media Knowledge — Brief exposure". New Media Knowledge. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  4. New Statesman: Becky Hogge
  5. "Becky Hogge". The Guardian. London. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  6. Hogge, Becky (23 November 2008). "We all need digital privacy". Prospect. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
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