# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clay-shirky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:42:24.384Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clay-shirky"
name: "Clay Shirky"
slug: "clay-shirky"
description: "Clay Shirky is an American pundit, writer, and consultant on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies and journalism."
tagline: "American technology writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clay_Shirky_(6723907001).jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump