Gareth Mitchell
| Gareth Mitchell | |||
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15 August Eastleigh, England | ||
| Nationality | Welsh | ||
| Occupation | Technology broadcaster | ||
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Gareth Mitchell is a Welsh technology journalist, lecturer and former broadcast engineer.[1]
Early life
Mitchell was born Gareth James Mitchell in Eastleigh, England to a Welsh father.[2] and was a member of the computer society at school as well as bell-ringing and organ playing at his local church
Broadcasting
He joined the BBC during the mid-1990s, starting his career as a broadcast engineer. Mitchell eventually decided to trade climbing TV and radio transmitter towers for science and technology journalism. His first hosting role was for the youth science program, The Lab.[3]
He presents on the BBC most notably as the host of Click (previously known as Digital Planet and Go Digital) a BBC radio programme broadcast worldwide on the BBC World Service with Bill Thompson.[1]
He additionally writes for the Q & A section of the BBC branded Science Focus magazine and regularly hosts their podcast [4]
Lecturing
He has lectured at Imperial College London since 1998 in broadcast and written journalism on the Science Communication and Science Media Production MScs[5]
He also was the host of TEDx Imperial[6]
External links
- Gareth Mitchell on LinkedIn
- Gareth Mitchell on Google+
- Gareth Mitchell's channel on YouTube
- Gareth Mitchell on Twitter
- Gareth being interviewed by the 'Speaking of Science' podcast
- Gareth's OpenLearn articles for the Open University
References
- 1 2 "BBC World Service - Click". BBC. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ↑ Gareth Mitchell, Bill Thompson (2014-01-14). "Click". http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/digitalp (Podcast). BBC. Retrieved 2014-01-15. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Host Bios & Pictures: BBC World Service". http://www.apmstations.orgs. Retrieved 4 February 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ http://www.sciencefocus.com/podcast
- ↑ "Mr Gareth Mitchell". Imperial College London. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ↑ Douglas Heaven. "Gareth Mitchell - mouthpiece". Mouthpiece.douglasheaven.com. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
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