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[[File:2022 - Future Societies PO1 7110 (52474517451).jpg|thumb|Mike Butcher, 2022]] '''Mike Butcher''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} is a UK-based [[journalist]] and editor == Career == Early in his career, Butcher wrote for ''Newspaper Focus'' magazine, covering "the business of web sites".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=25 October 2006 |title=Mike Butcher joins Techcrunch UK! |url=https://techcrunch.com/2006/10/25/mike-butcher-joins-techcrunch-uk/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=TechCrunch}}</ref> He joined ''[[New Media Age]]'' in 1996, when it was still a newsletter. <ref name=":3" /> By 1998, he was editor of ''New Media Age'', and relaunched it as a magazine.<ref name=":3" /> In 2000, he became news editor for ''Industry Standard Europe.''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vickers |first=Amy |date=23 October 2000 |title=New Media Diary |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/oct/23/mondaymediasection2 |access-date=2022-11-30}}</ref> According to ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''Industry Standard Europe'' was "the best source of new media news in the UK", but was shut down by [[International Data Group|IDG]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vickers |first=Amy |date=16 April 2001 |title=New Media Diary |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/apr/16/mondaymediasection9 |access-date=2022-11-30}}</ref> In October 2006, Butcher joined TechCrunch UK & Ireland as editor,<ref name=":3" /> but by mid-December, he quit after TechCrunch founder and publisher [[Michael Arrington]] sacked his co-editor Sam Sethi.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kiss |first=Jemima |date=15 December 2006 |title=Mike Butcher quits TechCrunch too |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2006/dec/15/mikebutcherquitstechcrunch |access-date=2022-11-30}}</ref> In September 2007, ''The Guardian'' reported that Butcher was restarting TechCrunch UK.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kiss |first=Jemima |date=6 September 2007 |title=TechCrunch UK is back |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2007/sep/06/techcrunchukisback |access-date=2022-11-30}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arthur |first=Charles |date=21 September 2009 |title=Technology journalists are the ones to watch |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/sep/21/technology-journalists-pioneers |access-date=2022-11-30}}</ref> Starting in 2008, Butcher started to write about his vision for a "Digital Hub for the UK", after visiting [[The Digital Hub]] in [[Dublin]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=Harris |first=Jack Laurie |date=May 2021 |title=Emerging clusters: the importance of legitimacy, path advocates, and narratives |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2020.1817864 |journal=European Planning Studies |volume=29 |issue=5 |pages=942–961 |doi=10.1080/09654313.2020.1817864 |via=[[EBSCOHost]]}}</ref> 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''.<ref name=":4" /> == Impact efforts == In 2010, Butcher founded TechHub with entrepreneur Elizabeth Varley.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=9 July 2010 |title=Old St becomes hi-tech hub for London talent |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/old-st-becomes-hitech-hub-for-london-talent-6490186.html |access-date=2022-11-30}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Tim |date=1 August 2020 |title=Heart of London's 'Silicon Roundabout' ripped out as TechHub files for administration: Start-up community |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2438815429 |access-date=2022-11-30 |id={{ProQuest|2438815429}} |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=":2" /> Butcher founded Techfugees in 2015, as an organization for "tech solutions supporting the inclusion of displaced people."<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://techfugees.com/about/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Techfugees |language=en-US}}</ref> The organisation assists with identity verification for [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] workers, arranging remote work for refugees, and [[humanitarian aid]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shrivastava |first=Rashi |title=How One Google Doc Is Helping Thousands Of Ukrainian Refugees Navigate Borders |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2022/03/15/how-one-google-doc-is-helping-thousands-of-ukrainian-refugees-navigate-borders/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> == See also == Line 13 ⟶ 25: {{Commons category|Mike Butcher}} * [https://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/ TechCrunch author page] - Mike Butcher * [https://muckrack.com/mikebutcher Muckrack] - Mike Butcher {{DEFAULTSORT:Butcher, Mike}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Technology journalists]]▼ [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]] {{Authority control}} [[Category:20th-century British journalists]]
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