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George Shirk, United States of America

Sessions:

Moderator at conference session I d e a I n f u s i o n: Subscription

Moderator at conference session The Content Value Web - a catching tool

Bio:
George Shirk brings nearly 30 years of news management and print and online journalism experience to his role as editor in chief of Wired Digital's daily technology news service, Wired News. In addition to setting overall editorial direction for the service, Shirk is responsible for all daily news operations, including managing a team of 30 editors, reporters, and staff writers.

Prior to joining Wired News, Shirk was news director for SF Gate, the online editorial service of the Chronicle Publishing Company. Shirk has been a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Des Moines Register and Tribune, and Cedar Rapids Gazette.

Shirk also teaches Internet journalism at the City College of San Francisco, and sits on the advisory board of the University of Iowa's School of Journalism and Mass Communications.