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I've been a foreign correspondent for 12 years and am
now based in London with IDG News Service, an internal
wire service for publications such as Computerworld, PC
World and Macworld. I am a general assignment
technology reporter, writing about enterprise and
consumer software plus hot-button tech topics including
social networking, privacy issues and government
regulation. I frequently travel throughout Europe to cover
tech events such as the Black Hat hacker conference in
Barcelona and Cebit technology trade show in Hanover,
Germany, filing breaking news and analysis.
Prior to IDG, I freelanced for about a year in Seoul,
writing for publications such as the Far Eastern Economic
Review, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times,
Newsday, San Francisco Chronicle and the Asia Times
Online. I filed a range of feature and news stories on
Korean issues. Prior to that, I was the Seoul
correspondent for five years for Pacific Stars and Stripes,
the overseas newspaper for U.S. military personnel in
South Korea, Japan and Okinawa..
I have a track record for breaking news in my career and
with IDG have frequently written stories that are linked to
on Slashdot.org, the well-known technology blog. Stories
that are “Slashdotted” are breaking news, scoops and high
interest items. Before IDG, I was the first journalist to
interview Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins, a U.S. Army soldier
who spent 39 years in North Korea after defecting across
the Demilitarized Zone The exclusive ran in the Sept. 9,
2004, edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review. About
72 newspapers worldwide either ran the story itself or
cited the Review’s story.
now based in London with IDG News Service, an internal
wire service for publications such as Computerworld, PC
World and Macworld. I am a general assignment
technology reporter, writing about enterprise and
consumer software plus hot-button tech topics including
social networking, privacy issues and government
regulation. I frequently travel throughout Europe to cover
tech events such as the Black Hat hacker conference in
Barcelona and Cebit technology trade show in Hanover,
Germany, filing breaking news and analysis.
Prior to IDG, I freelanced for about a year in Seoul,
writing for publications such as the Far Eastern Economic
Review, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times,
Newsday, San Francisco Chronicle and the Asia Times
Online. I filed a range of feature and news stories on
Korean issues. Prior to that, I was the Seoul
correspondent for five years for Pacific Stars and Stripes,
the overseas newspaper for U.S. military personnel in
South Korea, Japan and Okinawa..
I have a track record for breaking news in my career and
with IDG have frequently written stories that are linked to
on Slashdot.org, the well-known technology blog. Stories
that are “Slashdotted” are breaking news, scoops and high
interest items. Before IDG, I was the first journalist to
interview Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins, a U.S. Army soldier
who spent 39 years in North Korea after defecting across
the Demilitarized Zone The exclusive ran in the Sept. 9,
2004, edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review. About
72 newspapers worldwide either ran the story itself or
cited the Review’s story.
Big Ben (2007)
As a result, I was one of several journalists interviewed for
"Crossing the Line," a documentary by British filmmaker Daniel
Gordon about the last living American soldier in North Korea
who defected by walking across the border in the 1960s. The
film, narrated by Christian Slater, was shown at several film
festivals worldwide.
I graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor’s
degree in journalism and minor in political science.
If you are in public relations and are digging around for my
details, please send pitches to my work address:
jeremy_kirk@idg.com. Please do not send me marketing
material unrelated to my job.
"Crossing the Line," a documentary by British filmmaker Daniel
Gordon about the last living American soldier in North Korea
who defected by walking across the border in the 1960s. The
film, narrated by Christian Slater, was shown at several film
festivals worldwide.
I graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor’s
degree in journalism and minor in political science.
If you are in public relations and are digging around for my
details, please send pitches to my work address:
jeremy_kirk@idg.com. Please do not send me marketing
material unrelated to my job.
Recent stories
August 16, 2011 / Computerworld
After a frenetic London riot, a laptop is recovered
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
LONDON -- When Greg Martin returned home last Wednesday morning after a night of intense rioting in London, his West End apartment had been ransacked.
August 5, 2011 / Computerworld
As targeted e-mail attacks proliferate, companies wince
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
LONDON -- The strange e-mails arrived in executives' inboxes around the same time that the Australian oil company was negotiating a deal with a Chinese
energy company.
August 12, 2011 / PC World
If the riots resume, will the U.K. try to block social media?
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
LONDON -- Scrambling to deter future violent rioting, the U.K. government is considering shutting down social networks such as Twitter and Facebook
during civil disturbances, but the heavy-handed proposal is already drawing criticism.
August 16, 2011 / Computerworld
After a frenetic London riot, a laptop is recovered
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
LONDON -- When Greg Martin returned home last Wednesday morning after a night of intense rioting in London, his West End apartment had been ransacked.
August 5, 2011 / Computerworld
As targeted e-mail attacks proliferate, companies wince
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
LONDON -- The strange e-mails arrived in executives' inboxes around the same time that the Australian oil company was negotiating a deal with a Chinese
energy company.
August 12, 2011 / PC World
If the riots resume, will the U.K. try to block social media?
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
LONDON -- Scrambling to deter future violent rioting, the U.K. government is considering shutting down social networks such as Twitter and Facebook
during civil disturbances, but the heavy-handed proposal is already drawing criticism.
Jeremy Kirk
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