
Co-founder, Reporter at TechnicallyPhilly.com
Greater Philadelphia Area

Co-founder, Reporter at TechnicallyPhilly.com
Greater Philadelphia Area
Brian James Kirk is a freelance technology journalist living in Fairmount, Philadelphia.
He is a co-founder of TechnicallyPhilly.com, a news site that covers the community of technology users in the Philadelphia region. He is currently an editor at MobileBurn.com, a Web resource covering the mobile phone industry. He has written about Philadelphia’s technology scene for Grid Magazine, Philadelphia City Paper and Philebrity.com. He has been published in Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia magazine, and two.one.five magazine, among others.
Kirk received a first place award for health reporting in 2009 by the Keystone Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Kirk is also a designer of interactive and graphic works.
Technology, Arts and Entertainment, Culture, Nightlife, Media
(Online Media industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
Co-founded, manage and report for a publication covering the technology community in Philadelphia.
(Online Media industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Write, edit, and select news stories for a business publication focused on the mobile phone industry.
(Writing and Editing industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Published in Philadelphia magazine, Grid magazine, Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia City Paper, two.one.five magazine, uwishunu, Philebrity, Temple News and more.
(Writing and Editing industry)
October 2007 — June 2008 (9 months)
Wrote Technologicology, a weekly column devoted to Philadelphia's burgeoning social technology scene.
(Writing and Editing industry)
February 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 4 months)
Designed the front page and news section of Temple University's weekly student newspaper.
(Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)
January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)
Researched and fact-checked copy, contributed to feature packages and wrote for all sections.
(Writing and Editing industry)
June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)
Pitched and wrote short commentaries on Philadelphia media, nightlife and culture.
(Higher Education industry)
January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year)
Provided technical instruction to students in Temple University's digital journalism capstone class.
Bachelor of Arts , Journalism , 2007 — 2008
Technology, Arts & Entertainment, Philadelphia
First place award for health reporting in 2009 by the Keystone Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.