Rosie Cross (born Britain 1958) is an Australian Internet publisher, best known as the founder of ''Geekgirl'', a popular Australian magazine and website that began in 1993.
Biography
Rosie Cross received a Bachelor's Degree of Communications/Journalism from
Mitchell College of Advanced Education
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, Bathurst in 1986. She initially worked as a freelance radio producer and writer. She mainly wrote about the
Internet culture and how it was shifting. She did programs about the same topic that were broadcast on
ABC
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. Rosie then created the first ever cyber-feminist
e-zine
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(''Geekgirl''). She has appeared in ''
Wired'' and Australian magazines such as ''
21•C magazine''.
With the website ''Geekgirl'' Rosie combined her interests in print, radio, and video. She promoted the idea that women now had technology tools to achieve new possibilities that they could not achieve before. She also believed the opportunities for women were greater. To her, the
World Wide Web was the start of a new beginning for women.
Recognition
Her work has been archived by a number of museums, including the
National Museum of Australia 101 extraordinary Australians.
References
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Living people
1958 births
Australian journalists