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When science hurts

Sep 5, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Fiona Fox

In Beyond the Hype, the founding director of Science Media Centre in the United Kingdom recounts the biggest scientific controversies of the past two decades Mathures Paul Published 06.09.24, 05:27 AM Fiona Fox.
How leaked emails of climate scientists were misinterpreted to deny climate change, discredit them

Jun 6, 2024 | scroll.in | Fiona Fox

Every so often, a story comes along that is so messy, politicised and toxic that all the principles of open engagement go out the window. One of these stories was the affair in 2009 that became known as “Climategate” – when unknown hackers dumped ten years’ worth of email exchanges between leading climate scientists onto the internet.
The UKRI-Donelan furore is a wake-up call on the politicisation of science

Mar 6, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Fiona Fox

There is understandable outrage that Michelle Donelan, the UK’s secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, is seemingly using taxpayers’ money to settle a libel claim launched by Kate Sang, one of two scientists on UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s EDI committee whom she very publicly accused of sending out pro-Hamas tweets after the 7 October attacks. But a more troubling issue for us all should be the creeping rise of interference by politicians in UK science.
Model of multidisciplinary teamwork in hip fracture care: a qualitative interview study

Feb 1, 2024 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Sarah Drew |Fiona Fox |Celia L Gregson |Rachael Gooberman-Hill

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Jan 17, 2024 | pressgazette.co.uk | Fiona Fox

Post Office IT scandal underlines need for a reset in corporate communicationsAs a press officer, I understand that protecting the good name of the organisation I work for is a key part of my job. But one…
Post Office IT scandal underlines need for a reset in corporate communications

Jan 17, 2024 | pressgazette.co.uk | Fiona Fox

As a press officer, I understand that protecting the good name of the organisation I work for is a key part of my job. But one of the reasons I found ‘Mr Bates versus the Post Office‘ so unsettling was that I recognised a style of corporate communications that places protecting ‘the brand’ over all else. In one scene, Paula Vennells, the CEO of the post office, under questioning by MPs at a select committee replies: “This is about the reputation of the post office”.
fighting misinformation - using our trusted voice to good effect

May 12, 2023 | sciencemediacentre.org | Fiona Fox

May 12, 2023 By Fiona FoxThis blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the Science Media Centre. Earlier this week, I was invited to give the Charter Lecture at the Royal Society of Biology’s AGM. Below is the talk I gave. First, I wanted to highlight the progress we have made in science in the media in the 21 years since I was hired to set up the SMC in 2002. In the late 1990s I was working for CAFOD, one of the UK’s largest aid agencies.