Media activities

As part of my role as a science ambassador I’ve been trying to engage with the media. This page summarises the coverage I’ve had and provides links to clippings and clips where available.

General coverage

• NERC’s Planet Earth podcast (11/1/2010) talking about my research on storms: here.

• Newsround (15/12/2009) on the Copenhagen climate summit: here.

• R4’s Leading Edge (10/9/2009) talking about Perspectives, British Science Festival 2009: here.

• The One Show (4/8/2009) talking about tornados: here.

• “Good to meet you” column in the Guardian (14/6/2008): here.

• Letter in the Guardian (13/5/2008) on how careers in science and engineering are meritocratic: here.

• Letter in the Guardian (6/5/2008) on Nigel Lawson’s views on climate change: here.

• Contribution to a Sense About Science publication about writing to newspapers: here.

• Profiled in the South Manchester Reporter: here.

My 2009 Manchester Science Festival project also got a bit of coverage…

Manchester Science Festival – Does it rain more at the weekend?

I organised a project for MSF09 looking at rain. I got some people around Manchester involved by taking their own rainfall measurements and thinking about what they mean. Here’s the project webpage – Rain project. I also did a little bit of research to back this project up and this was covered quite a bit in the media:

• BBC North West Tonight, I was on the sofa talking to Gordon Burns!

• Manchester Evening News, this was the page 3 lead article

• Guardian Science Weekly podcast, I was the main guest on the podcast

• Channel M

• Accrington Observer

• Daily Express online

• Daily Telegraph online

• PhysOrg.com

• South Manchester Reporter

• MEN CityLife

• BBC Radio Manchester (live interview on breakfast show)

• BBC Radio Cumbria (recorded interview)

• Key 103FM (recorded interview)

• Real Radio (recorded interview)