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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. His six recommendations include:

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>

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