Group Chair and Members
Group Chair
Fiona Fox has a degree in journalism and twenty years experience in media relations. She has worked for the Equal Opportunities Committee, the National Council for One Parent Families, and CAFOD. Despite having no background in science, Fiona managed to persuade eminent scientists to appoint her as the founding Director of the Science Media Centre in 2002. The main remit of the Centre is to help restore public trust in science by persuading more scientists to engage effectively with the big, controversial science stories that hit the headlines. The Centre now has a database of over 2000 scientists, used by all sections of the national news media.
Group Members
Dr David Levy
Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
Charlie Beckett
Director, Polis (LSE think-tank)
Martin Moore
Director, Media Standards Trust
Roger Highfield
Editor, New Scientist
Peter Cotgreave
Director of Communications, Royal Society
Bob Ward
Policy and Communications Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Alexandra Saxon
Head of Communications, RCUK
Paul Nuki
Chief Editor, NHS Choices
Prof Colin Blakemore
Neuroscientist, University of Oxford
Kim Shillinglaw
Commissioning editor for science and natural history, BBC
David Glover
Deputy Commissioning Editor, History and Science, Channel 4
Francesca Unsworth
Head of Newsgathering, BBC
Vivienne Parry
Science writer and broadcaster, Freelance; involved in the consultation
Terrence Collis
Director of Communications, Food Standards Agency
James Randerson
Editor, Guardian Online Environment
