British writer
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
^ 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)
^ 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 .
^ a b "No. 60534" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 10.
^ "staff | Science Media Centre" . Retrieved 14 August 2022 .
^ Foster, Fiona (December 1995). "Massacring the truth in Rwanda" . Living Marxism . Archived from the original on 21 May 2001.
^ Chris McGreal, "Genocide? What genocide? ", The Guardian , 20 March 2000
^ Melvern, Linda (2020). Intent to Deceive: Denying the Rwandan Genocide . Verso Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-78873-328-1 .
^ 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 .
^ "Leveson Inquiry" . discoverleveson.com . Retrieved 14 August 2022 .
^ "Fiona Fox" . royalsociety.org . Retrieved 24 May 2023 .
^ Sunday Times: Relative Values Claire and Fiona Fox, sisters (May 2006) – An interview with Claire and Fiona Fox
^ 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
^ Chemistry World: Nanotech – The Next Controversy alike GM? (February 2004)
^ "On Science and the Media" . fionafox.blogspot.com .
^ LobbyWatch profile of Fox
^ "Fiona Fox – The Guardian" . The Guardian .
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