Milo Yiannopoulos
Milo Yiannopoulos | |
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 Milo Yiannopoulos at the moonwalk flash mob tribute at London Liverpool Street station | |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Wolfson College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, columnist, broadcaster |
Milo Yiannopoulos is a British journalist, columnist and broadcaster, and the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Kernel, an online magazine focusing on European start-up technology.[1]
Education
Yiannopoulos studied English literature at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.[1][2]
Journalism
Yiannopoulos specialises in privacy, piracy, start-up technology companies, and gossip. He has written for a number of publications, including DGA Quarterly,[3] The Commentator, The Wall Street Journal,[4] Wired UK, TechCrunch,[5] and The Spectator.[6][7] He was a technology columnist and blogger for The Daily Telegraph, and is currently a columnist and advisor to Blottr and contributor to the The Catholic Herald.[7]
Notable activities
Yiannopoulos hosted the Young Rewired State competition in 2010, an initiative to showcase the technological talents of 15–18 year-olds,[8] and organised The London Nude Tech Calendar, a calendar featuring members of the London technology scene to raise money for Take Heart India.[9] He also organised the moonwalk flash mob tribute to Michael Jackson in London's Liverpool Street station shortly after Jackson's death in 2009.[10] He explained that the idea of a flashmob as a tribute to Jackson was originally a humorous suggestion on Twitter, but then decided to make it happen, inviting people via social networking websites.[10]
Controversy
Yiannopoulos received criticism in 2009 for tweeting that he hoped the police 'beat the shit out of those wankers' at G20 protests, and then deleting the tweet after a protestor was killed.[11]
Controversy followed his appearance at the TechCrunch Europe GeeknRolla conference in 2009, during which he was criticised for remarks described as "men and women are different, men are better at tech, deal with it"[12] by another participant in the conversation.
Broadcasting
He has appeared on Sky News discussing social media,[13] and on BBC Breakfast discussing Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom.[14]
As a gay Roman Catholic, he has debated gay marriage on Newsnight,[15] and on Channel 4's 10 O'Clock Live with Boy George.[16]
References
- ^ a b Dowell, Ben (8 July 2012). "Milo Yiannopoulos – meet the 'pit bull' of tech media". The Observer. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "When will he learn? Stephen Fry makes another Twitter blunder with a barbed attack on a student". Daily Mail. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ Milo, Yiannopoulos (Summer 2010). "The European Front". DGA Quarterly. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ Yiannopoulos, Milo (8 December 2010). "Out of the Starting Blocks". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ Yiannopoulos, Milo (3 September 2009). "BT and Google join forces to offer AdWords support to small businesses". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ Yiannopoulos, Milo (30 June 2012). "In it for the LOLs". The Spectator. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ a b Articles by Milo Yiannopoulos for:
- ^ "Techno teens design public websites". MSN. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ Arthur, Charles (18 November 2009). "London Nude Tech calendar: unclothed geeks (and ladygeeks) in a good cause". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Moonwalking Jackson Fans Mob London Station". Sky News. 27 June 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Twitter mishaps and netiquette for journalists". journalism.co.uk. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Just a Girl – Why we put on the "Balancing Tech Culture" debate @GeeknRolla". TechCrunch Europe. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ Sky News, 19 November 2010, BSkyB, distributed by Fox International Channels.
- ^ BBC Breakfast, 13 August 2010, BBC Television, distributed by the BBC.
- ^ Newsnight, 15 March 2012, BBC Television, distributed by the BBC.
- ^ 10 O'Clock Live, 17 February 2011, Channel 4.