Current
- News editor at Law Society Gazette
- Freelance (The Guardian, British Medical Journal, Law Society Gazette, New Scientist, UKauthorITy.com, The Journalist, Telegraph)
Experience
- New Scientist, The Independent
- The Independent
- New Scientist
Latest 5 articles
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Big bang, big crash
Law Society Gazette, Saturday 4 February
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Maggie Maggie Maggie! In in in!
Law Society Gazette, Thursday 12 January
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Data storm: Making government data pay
BBC News, Fri 16 December 2011
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Public data: Government should get out of the way of innovation
The Daily Telegraph, Tue 6 September 2011
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Government must break its dependency on 'big IT'
The Guardian, Fri 29 July 2011
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Michael Cross's published articles - last 12 months*
- 148 articles (since April 2002)
- Average article: 21 column inches (620 words)
- Shortest article: 2 column inches (55 words)
- Longest article: 55 column inches (1647 words)
*Please note that these statistics are based only on articles published online in these publications.
Experience
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News editor, Law Society Gazette
2012 - present -
Freelance (The Guardian, British Medical Journal, Law Society Gazette, New Scientist, UKauthorITy.com, The Journalist, Telegraph)
2002 - present -
Japan correspondent, New Scientist, The Independent
1988 - 2001 -
Technology correspondent, The Independent
1986 - 1988 -
News editor, technology editor, foreign correspondent, New Scientist
1981 - 1986
Education
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Birkbeck College, London
BA, Politics, philosophy and history
1996-2000
Books by Michael Cross
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Cutting the Wires
New Local Government Network, 2006 -
Healthsmart 2010
Kable, 1997
Awards won
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DUG Information from Government
2006 -
CiB Award of Excellence
2004
Find Michael Cross on twitter: @michaelcross
Phone
Phone Michael Cross at: 020 8341 0910
Address
Write to Michael Cross at:
PO Box 40073, London N6 5ZJ


