16 Facts About Frederick Noronha

Frederick Noronha was born on 23 December 1963 and is an Indian journalist, writer, publisher, and Wikipedia editor based in Saligao, Goa.

Frederick Noronha is active in cyberspace and involved with e-ventures related to Goa, developmental concerns, and free software.

Frederick Noronha is the co-founder of BytesForAll and the founder of Goa 1556, an alternate publishing house.

Frederick Noronha is an alumnus of the Internationales Institut fur Journalismus.

Frederick Noronha received a scholarship from the Institute for Further Education of Journalists, Sweden and was a Sarai Print Media Fellow.

From November 1987 to December 1994, Frederick Noronha was a staff correspondent for Deccan Herald.

Frederick Noronha worked as an editorial consultant with Herald from October 2003 to April 2004.

Frederick Noronha has written articles on Goa, Goan books, media, environment, development, and information technology.

Publications that have featured Frederick Noronha's works include The Economic Times, The Financial Express, Spider Internet Magazine, Associated Press, Dawn, the BBC website and Outlook.

Frederick Noronha is a Wikipedia editor, particularly active on Konkani Wikipedia, and was named English Wikipedia's Editor of the Week in March 2020.

Frederick Noronha is a supporter of copyleft-based models for sharing digital information and resources, with some 6000+ photographs, mainly related to Goa, available on his Flickr page.

Frederick Noronha is a supporter of free software, and is actively involved in chronicling its growth in India and other Asian countries.

Frederick Noronha has participated in a study on FLOSS in the 'developing' countries in Finland.

Frederick Noronha has been a member of the panel deciding on the FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software and The Manthan-AIF Award 2006.

Frederick Noronha has spoken at many FOSS conferences, including FOSS.

On 20 June 2007, Frederick Noronha founded the alternate publishing house Goa 1556.