Tuesday, 17 March 2009

Fiona discusses science and politics on Radio 4's Leading Edge

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The Home Secretary publically demanded and received an apology from Professor David Nutt , Chair of the independent Advisory Council on the...
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Friday, 13 February 2009

"Using a sledgehammer to crack a Nutt" - the media furore over ecstasy

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It's hard to express just how dismayed I feel at the shameful way in which one of my favourite scientists was treated by the Government ...
Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Fiona creates a buzz at the World Conference of Science Journalists 2009 Programme Launch Party, London

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If the Science Media Centre were to close down tomorrow the most important lesson I would have learned in my six years in science media rel...
Friday, 19 September 2008

How I became a physics groupie

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Clock this: September 2008 – the moment that particle physics became sexy. And no-one was more surprised than me. To put it mildly, I am not...
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Friday, 16 May 2008

Nick Davies' Flat Earth News and 'churnalism' - myth or reality?

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Anyone interested in the media and science should read Nick Davies' Flat Earth News , described on the dust jacket as 'exposing fals...
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Friday, 9 May 2008

Where should politicians get their scientific advice?

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Where should politicians get their scientific advice? Anywhere except the headlines! God knows how, but I have managed to reach my 40s witho...
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Monday, 30 July 2007

Embargoes, helping or hindering good science journalism?

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There has been much discussion in various fora about David Whitehouse's provocative tirade against the embargo system . Many of the reac...
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