Angela Saini
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Angela Saini is a British science journalist
and author. Her first book Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World was published on 3 March 2011 by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK, and by Hachette in the Indian sub-continent in April 2011.
She has been published in Science, Wired, The Guardian and New Scientist and appears regularly as a reporter for science shows on the BBC World Service. She was named European Junior Science Writer of the Year in 2009 by the Euroscience Foundation, and was shortlisted for an Association of British Science Writers Award in 2010.
Saini is a former reporter for BBC London News
, the BBC
's regional television news programme covering Greater London. In 2008, she carried out an investigation into bogus universities, tracking down the head of the Irish International University
, which was broadcast on the BBC TV's flagship Ten O'Clock News, BBC News 24
and BBC World. The report won a Prix Circom Award for regional television journalism in Europe.
Saini has a Masters degree in engineering science from the University of Oxford
and is a former ITN news trainee.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author. Her first book Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World was published on 3 March 2011 by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK, and by Hachette in the Indian sub-continent in April 2011.
She has been published in Science, Wired, The Guardian and New Scientist and appears regularly as a reporter for science shows on the BBC World Service. She was named European Junior Science Writer of the Year in 2009 by the Euroscience Foundation, and was shortlisted for an Association of British Science Writers Award in 2010.
Saini is a former reporter for BBC London News
BBC London News
For other uses of the BBC London brand, see BBC London .BBC London News is the BBC's regional television news programme for the English region encompassing London and surrounding suburbs...
, the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's regional television news programme covering Greater London. In 2008, she carried out an investigation into bogus universities, tracking down the head of the Irish International University
Irish International University
The Isles International University/Université , formerly called the Irish International University, is an unaccredited university operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Belgium....
, which was broadcast on the BBC TV's flagship Ten O'Clock News, BBC News 24
BBC News 24
BBC News is the BBC's 24-hour rolling news television network in the United Kingdom. The channel launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 17:30 as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989...
and BBC World. The report won a Prix Circom Award for regional television journalism in Europe.
Saini has a Masters degree in engineering science from the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and is a former ITN news trainee.
External links
- Angela Saini's website
- Geek Nation on Hodder & Stoughton website
- http://www.journalism.co.uk/5/articles/532490.php Why I Quit the BBC: Angela Saini, freelance science journalist. Interview by Laura Oliver, Journalism.co.uk, 10 October 2008