Fiona Fox

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

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

Fiona Fox

OBE
Born (1964-11-12) 12 November 1964[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]
AwardsOBE[3]
Websitewww.sciencemediacentre.org/blog
www.theguardian.com/profile/fox-fiona

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. "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. 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. "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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