As a media insider, Cyrus has unprecedented access to media for his book launch PR campaign.
Cyrus is a political media insider who was named one of the Top 50 Digital Political Strategists by Business Insider.
Cyrus worked for Michael Kinsley at Slate.
Cyrus worked as a Producer for Larry King and Crossfire.
The book will be marketed with the help of a sophisticated database with 2,000 attributes on 300 million US citizens.
Author Biography:
Since the dawn of the digital era Cyrus Krohn has been recognized as a front-line digital innovator -- a publisher, political strategist, entrepreneur, and commentator focused on the fate of our fragile American democracy amid unprecedented technological upheaval.
From his early days launching Slate.com, where he helped frame the digital information culture in ways that still reverberate today, to his current role advising Democracy Live, the largest US provider of cloud and tablet-based voting technologies, Krohn has labored to make our exploding tech toolset propel better outcomes for society. Business Insider named Krohn one of the Top 50 US digital political strategists, and he has advised organizations internationally including in Malaysia, Costa Rica, and France.
Krohn launched his career at an intern in the first Bush White House in the office of Vice President Dan Quayle. He worked in the CNN Washington bureau producing programs including Larry King Live and Crossfire. He led digital political projects for Microsoft and Yahoo and managed digital campaigns at federal, state and local levels, including during the 2008 presidential election between John McCain and Barack Obama.
Krohn edited The Slate Diaries, published by PublicAffairs Books, with best-selling authors Michael Kinsley and Jodi Kantor.
Krohn has lectured on the Internet's impact on democratic systems at the Personal Democracy Forum, Georgetown University, The Aspen Institute, Harvard, and MIT. He served on the Board of Advisors of the George Washington University Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet and the E-Voter Institute. Krohn graduated from the University of Lynchburg.
Veteran writer and communications strategist Tom Farmer is a former CNN executive producer and winner of Peabody, Telly, Cicero Speechwriting, and CableACE awards. He produces thought leadership initiatives with eminent figures in technology, cybersecurity, finance, higher education, and philanthropy. Tom's consultancy, Brick Duck Communications, is based in Chicago.
