Jen Wike Huger

At Red Hat, a leading open source software company, I'm the managing editor for the publication Opensource.com.

We share stories about how people all over the world use open source software, hardware, and principles to make things better and get stuff done.

To pitch a story idea or send us a draft to review email [email protected].

More about me:

I blog a bit at DowntownDame.com. I started writing in 2010 about what was going on in downtown Raleigh, where I live. It's evolved quite a bit since then, and I finally wrote a new post after some time off.

I love being outside and getting my hands dirty. I'm into creating stuff with herbs and gardening my little plot inside the beltline.

In my 20s when I was in between jobs, I worked outside all day for a year delivering, planting, and pruning trees for the City of Raleigh.

Other past job fun facts:

My first job out of college was with the successful PR firm, blast! PR.

I lived in Brooklyn and worked at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for a year.

Other things I've made:

My sister and I used to make and sell handmade greeting cards.

I was a technical editor for the book "The foundation for an open source city" by Jason Hibbets (2013)

I was an Assistant Director for the short film "Trust" by Paul Sapp (2012)