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He has worked as a freelance journalist since 2001; and previously, was a reporter and sub-editor for The Register, PC Week, PC Dealer, and others. He also provides occasional media training for a number of global IT companies.

He has worked as a freelance journalist since 2001; and previously, was a reporter and sub-editor for The Register, PC Week, PC Dealer, and others. He also provides occasional media training for a number of global IT companies.

===ICANN===

===ICANN===

Kieren McCarthy credited his hire with ICANN to his role as an active critic. He notes that in 2006, when he was hired, that ICANN had a "bunker" feel to it, where the staff was over-worked but often attacked for not doing more, it had a notoriously bad website, and it did not discuss its decisions of ask for feedback with enough transparency or reliability. He believes that he was a part of the change that took place between then and 2009. However, when he left ICANn he left an extensive list of recommendations and observations.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/participate/gmpp-leaving-report-25nov09-en.pdf GMPP Leaving Report]</ref>

Kieren McCarthy credited his hire with ICANN to his role as an active critic. He notes that in 2006, when he was hired as General Manager of Public Participation, ICANN had a "bunker" feel to it, where the staff was over-worked but often attacked for not doing more, had a notoriously bad website, and did not discuss its decisions of ask for feedback with enough transparency or reliability. He believes that he was a part of the change that took place between then and 2009. However, when he left ICANN, he left the organization an extensive list of recommendations and observations.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/participate/gmpp-leaving-report-25nov09-en.pdf GMPP Leaving Report]</ref>

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