Fiona Fox

For the fictional character, see Fiona Fox (Sonic the Hedgehog).

Fiona Fox
OBE HonFRS
Born (1964-11-12) 12 November 1964 (age 60)[1]
Mancot, Wales[1]
Alma materPolytechnic of Central London
Occupation(s)Journalist
Press secretary
Public relations
Employer(s)Science Media Centre
Previously:
NCOPF
Equal Opportunities Commission
CAFOD
Thames Polytechnic[1]
Known forScience Media Centre[2]
SpouseKevin Rooney[1]
RelativesClaire Fox (sister)
AwardsOBE[3]
Websitewww.sciencemediacentre.org/blog
www.theguardian.com/profile/fox-fiona

Fiona Bernadette Fox (born 12 November 1964) is a British writer and chief executive[4] of the Science Media Centre.[2]

Career

Fox was a writer for Living Marxism, a British magazine produced by the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP). In 1995, LM published an article by Fox denying the Rwandan genocide.[5][6][7][8]

Fox became head of media at CAFOD in 1995.[1]

In December 2001 Fox was appointed the founding director of the Science Media Centre, based at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London[2] and its current chief executive.

In that capacity she has been a regular media commentator and gave evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards in the UK in 2012.[9]

Awards

Fox was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to science.[3] She was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society in 2023.[10]

Personal life

Fox was born into an Irish Catholic family in Mancot, near Hawarden, North Wales.[1] She has two older sisters, one of whom is Claire Fox.[11] She is a supporter of Celtic F.C.[1] and is married to political commentator and teacher Kevin Rooney.[1] She was formerly a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party.[12][13][14][15][16]

Published works

— (2022). Beyond the Hype. London: Elliott and Thompson Limited. ISBN 978-1-78396-617-2. OCLC 1274201845.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "FOX, Fiona, (Mrs Kevin Rooney)". Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c Callaway, E. (2013). "Science media: Centre of attention: Fiona Fox and her Science Media Centre are determined to improve Britain's press. Now the model is spreading around the world". Nature. 499 (7457): 142–144. doi:10.1038/499142a. PMID 23846643.
  3. ^ a b "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 10.
  4. ^ "staff | Science Media Centre". Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  5. ^ Foster, Fiona (December 1995). "Massacring the truth in Rwanda". Living Marxism. Archived from the original on 21 May 2001.
  6. ^ Chris McGreal, "Genocide? What genocide?", The Guardian, 20 March 2000
  7. ^ Melvern, Linda (2020). Intent to Deceive: Denying the Rwandan Genocide. Verso Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-78873-328-1.
  8. ^ Hoare, Marko Attila (2003). "Genocide in the former Yugoslavia: a critique of left revisionism's denial". Journal of Genocide Research. 5 (4): 543–563. doi:10.1080/1462352032000149495. S2CID 145169670.
  9. ^ "Leveson Inquiry". discoverleveson.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Fiona Fox". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  11. ^ Sunday Times: Relative Values Claire and Fiona Fox, sisters (May 2006) – An interview with Claire and Fiona Fox
  12. ^ Chemistry World: Comment: Playing fast and loose with science (November 2006) – Following the release of the WWF report 'Chain of contamination: the food link', John Henry and Fiona Fox comment on the study, and its coverage in the media
  13. ^ Chemistry World: Nanotech – The Next Controversy alike GM? (February 2004)
  14. ^ "On Science and the Media". fionafox.blogspot.com.
  15. ^ LobbyWatch profile of Fox
  16. ^ "Fiona Fox – The Guardian". The Guardian.

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