Mike Butcher (journalist)

Mike Butcher MBE is a UK-based journalist and editor at large for TechCrunch.[1] He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to technology and journalism.[2][3]

Mike Butcher, 2022

Career

Early in his career, Butcher wrote for Newspaper Focus magazine, covering "the business of web sites".[4] He joined New Media Age in 1996, when it was still a newsletter. [4] By 1998, he was editor of New Media Age, and relaunched it as a magazine.[4] In 2000, he became news editor for Industry Standard Europe.[5] According to The Guardian, Industry Standard Europe was "the best source of new media news in the UK", but was shut down by IDG in 2001.[6]

In October 2006, Butcher joined TechCrunch UK & Ireland as editor,[4] but by mid-December, he quit after TechCrunch founder and publisher Michael Arrington sacked his co-editor Sam Sethi.[7] In September 2007, The Guardian reported that Butcher was restarting TechCrunch UK.[8] In 2009, the same newspaper reported that Butcher was "the sole full-time editorial employee, with no subeditors" at TechCrunch, and that he was writing for the blog "from all over Europe".[9]

Starting in 2008, Butcher started to write about his vision for a "Digital Hub for the UK", after visiting The Digital Hub in Dublin.[10] According to an article in European Planning Studies, Butcher was instrumental in publicising Silicon Roundabout in Shoreditch as an emerging cluster for the tech industry, along with Tim Bradshaw, technology journalist for the Financial Times.[10]

In 2010, Butcher founded TechHub with entrepreneur Elizabeth Varley.[11][12] According to the Financial Times, for ten years, the TechHub office space in Silicon Roundabout was "a focal point for the tech community" in London, and "home to hundreds of startups", but filed for administration in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]

Butcher founded Techfugees in 2015, as an organization for "tech solutions supporting the inclusion of displaced people."[13] The organisation assists with identity verification for NGO workers, arranging remote work for refugees, and humanitarian aid.[14]

See also

References
  1. "Here are all the UK tech figures named in the Queen's birthday honours list". Business Insider. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B16.
  3. Taylor, Rebecca (11 June 2016). "Kingston journalist honoured in Queen's birthday list for services to tech". Sutton & Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. "Mike Butcher joins Techcrunch UK!". TechCrunch. 25 October 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. Vickers, Amy (23 October 2000). "New Media Diary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  6. Vickers, Amy (16 April 2001). "New Media Diary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  7. Kiss, Jemima (15 December 2006). "Mike Butcher quits TechCrunch too". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  8. Kiss, Jemima (6 September 2007). "TechCrunch UK is back". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  9. Arthur, Charles (21 September 2009). "Technology journalists are the ones to watch". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  10. Harris, Jack Laurie (May 2021). "Emerging clusters: the importance of legitimacy, path advocates, and narratives". European Planning Studies. 29 (5) – via EBSCOHost.
  11. "Old St becomes hi-tech hub for London talent". Evening Standard. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  12. Bradshaw, Tim (1 August 2020). "Heart of London's 'Silicon Roundabout' ripped out as TechHub files for administration: Start-up community". Financial Times. Retrieved 30 November 2022 – via ProQuest.
  13. "About us". Techfugees. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  14. Shrivastava, Rashi. "How One Google Doc Is Helping Thousands Of Ukrainian Refugees Navigate Borders". Forbes. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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