I may soon have spare slots in my
freelance writing schedule for regular work, or for larger, longer-term projects. Here
are the main areas that I've been covering, some for more than two
decades. Any commissioning editors interested in talking about them
or related subjects, please contact me at glyn.moody@gmail.com (PGP
available).
Digital Rights, Surveillance, Encryption, Privacy,
Freedom of Speech
During the last two years, I have written
hundreds of articles about these crucial areas, for Ars Technica UK and Techdirt.
Given the challenges facing society this year, they are likely to be
an important area for 2017.
China
Another major focus for me this year will be China. I follow the world of Chinese IT closely, and have written
numerous articles on the topic for Techdirt and Ars Technica. Since
I can read sources in the original, I am able to spot trends early
and to report faithfully on what are arguably some of the most
important developments happening in the digital world today.
Free Software/Open Source
I started covering this topic in 1995,
wrote the first mainstream article on Linux, for Wired in 1997 and the first (and still
only) detailed history of the subject, Rebel Code, in 2001, where I
interviewed the top 50 hackers at length. I have also written about
the open source coders and companies that have risen to prominence in
the last decade and a half, principally in my Open Enterprise column
for Computerworld UK, which ran from 2008 to 2015.
Open Access, Open Data, Open Science,
Open Government, Open Everything
As the ideas underlying openness,
sharing and online collaboration have spread, so has my coverage of
them. I recently wrote one of the most detailed histories of Open Access, for Ars Technica.
Copyright, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets
The greatest threat to openness is its
converse: intellectual monopolies. This fact has led me to write
many articles about copyright, patents and trade secrets. These have
been mainly for Techdirt, where I have published over 1,400 posts,
and also include an in-depth feature on the future of copyright for
Ars Technica.
Trade Agreements - TTIP, CETA, TISA,
TPP
Another major focus of my writing has
been so-called "trade agreements" like TTIP, CETA, TPP and
TISA. "So-called", because they go far beyond traditional
discussions of tariffs, and have major implications for many areas
normally subject to democratic decision making. In addition to 51 TTIP Updates that I originally wrote for Computerworld UK,
I have covered this area extensively for Techdirt and Ars Technica
UK, including a major feature on TTIP
for the latter.
Europe
As a glance at some of my 244,000 (sic)
posts to Twitter, identi.ca, Diaspora, and Google+ will indicate, I read news
sources in a number of languages (Italian, German, French, Spanish,
Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Swedish in descending order of
capability.) This means I can offer a fully European perspective on
any of the topics above - something that may be of interest to
publications wishing to provide global coverage that goes beyond
purely anglophone reporting. The 30,000 or so followers that I have
across these social networks also means that I can push out links to
my articles, something that I do as a matter of course to boost their
impact and readership.
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