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'Debate: Time to leave Facebook?', The Observer
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Amid plans for a $10bn share offering, the social networking giant has come under fire for its controversial 'Timeline' feature. Two Observer writers discuss the merits of logging off for good.

James Silver, writer and journalist: I could blame it on the launch of Timeline (Facebook's now mandatory reboot of users' profile pages) or the forthcoming mega-IPO. Or even claim I was taking some high-minded stance (a social suffragette perhaps?) on how social media gnaws away at our privacy/sense of self-worth/ability to enjoy simple pleasures such as reading a book.

'Seedcamp: The Other Dragon's Den', The Observer
Sunday, February 05, 2012
For technology entrepreneurs, Seedcamp is an opportunity to acquire investment for their fledgling companies. But what makes the money men want to sponsor startups? By James Silver. The Observer, Sunday 5 February 2012

In a former retail space, just yards from Soho's sex shops and market stalls, Britain's next wave of technology entrepreneurs are checking in for one of the biggest days of their lives.

'The Magic Roundabout', The Sunday Times Magazine
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Crisis? What crisis? These entrepreneurs are awash with investment, running niche technology businesses in a London area called the Silicon Roundabout. By James Silver.

It’s Friday evening in the Biscuit Building, a revamped warehouse in Shoreditch, east London. “MiniBar”, as it’s called, is a weekly meet-and-greet event for startup entrepreneurs, software developers and “angel” investors who never imagined they’d be faced with so many new best friends.

The Report: UK Extremism, BBC Radio 4
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Following the massacre in Norway and amid concerns over contacts between the killer and supporters of the English Defence League, the Government is reviewing its policing of right-wing terrorism.

James Silver examines far right extremism in the UK and reports from some areas with large Muslim populations where fears of 'Islamisation' are fuelling tensions between communities.

James Silver is a feature-writer, who specializes in the media, tech, advertising, business, cultural trends and news/magazine features. He regularly presents current affairs documentaries for BBC Radio 4, and has written more than 300 articles for a range of publications including The Sunday Times Magazine, The Observer, WIRED magazine The Guardian, The Times, The Spectator, Total Politics, The Independent, The Evening Standard, The Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, The Independent on Sunday, Press Gazette, Media Week, BBC News Online and Sky News Online. From 1995-2002, he worked for the BBC. He has presented nearly 100 documentaries and features for Radio 4, 5 Live, the World Service and American Radio Works. In 2000, he was part of the team which won the Sony Gold Award for News.

Interviewees in broadcast and print include: Kofi Annan, Sir Richard Branson, Norman Mailer, Boris Johnson, Alistair Darling, Lord Tebbit, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Christiane Amanpour, Alexander Shustorovich, Carl Bernstein, Sir Max Hastings, Scott McClennan, Alan Dershowitz, Clive James, Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh, Nick Denton, Mark Thompson, Robert Peston, Piers Morgan, Kelvin MacKenzie, Jeremy Kyle, Richard & Judy, Max Clifford and Jade Goody.

James conducts media training sessions for leading media training companies Electric Airwaves and Media Mentor working with household name corporate clients in finance, tourism, aviation, technology, medicine, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, consumer and education.

Away from journalism, James is a screenwriter. He has written five screenplays including: Monkey Man, a comic drama now in development with BBC TV Drama, thriller The Ridge, Skivvy, a feature based on a true crime story and The Gawk Parade, a children's fantasy feature. He is represented by Sean Gascoine and Hania Elkington at United Agents.

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