Fiona Fox
Fiona Fox | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 November 1964[1] |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic 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 for | Science Media Centre[2] |
| Spouse | Kevin Rooney[1] |
| Awards | OBE[3] |
| Website | www www |
Fiona Bernadette Fox OBE HonFRS (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.