Ben Hammersley

Ben Hammersley
FRSA, FRGS

Ben Hammersley, August 2010
Born (1976-04-03) 3 April 1976
Leicester, England
Occupation journalist, futurist, technologist
Nationality British
Notable awards Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Spouse Aleks Krotoski
Children 1
Website
www.benhammersley.com

Ben Hammersley FRSA FRGS (born 3 April 1976 in Leicester, England) is a British internet technologist, journalist, author and broadcaster based in London, England. In 2013, he became a fellow of the Robert Schuman School for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute,[1] Innovator-in-Residence at the Centre for Creative and Social Technologies at Goldsmiths, University of London,[2] Editor at Large of Conde Nast's Wired UK magazine,[3] a member of the European Commission High Level Expert Group on Media Freedom,[4] and a non-resident fellow of the Brookings Institution.[5] He is married to Aleks Krotoski,[6] with whom he has a daughter.[7]

Career

Hammersley previously worked as an internet reporter for The Times. Until 2013, he was the UK Prime Minister's Ambassador to East London Tech City.[8]

Hammersley is a member of the Transatlantic Network 2020.,[9] and a trustee of the London chapter of the Awesome Foundation.[10] In August 2011 he was made a fellow of the UNAOC.[11] He is a judge of the Lovie Awards.[12]

Life and work

Multimedia reporting and broadcasting

Hammersley has twice presented on BBC Radio 4's documentary strand Analysis, covering Facebook in November 2007,[13] and personal genetic testing in December 2008.[14] In 2014, he presented a six-part BBC World News series on cybercrimes.[15]

Education

Hammersley is the eldest of three children and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, and the School of Oriental and African Studies, from which he dropped out after a year.

Personal life

Hammersley is married to Aleks Krotoski.[16]

Bibliography

Hammersley has authored or co-authored several books on technology and journalism.

References

  1. ↑ "Ben Hammersley - Global Governance Programme". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  2. ↑ Archived 16 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Parsons, Michael (24 April 2009). "Video: Marc Newson's Lockheed Lounge". Wired UK. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "European Commission – Press release Digital Agenda: high-level group to discuss freedom and pluralism of the media across the EU". 11 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  5. ↑ "Ben Hammersley | Brookings Institution". Brookings.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  6. ↑ "Ben Hammersley on Twitter: "Holy shit, I just married @aleksk #obviouslyiwillwakeuptomorrowandallthiswillbeadream #bestdreamever"". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  7. ↑ "Ben Hammersley Tweets about his child". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  8. ↑ "Tech City gets UK-made smartphone app". TechRadar. 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  9. ↑ "About Our Participants – Getting Involved – British Council – TN2020". British Council. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  10. ↑ Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ "Fellowship News: Announcing 24 new fellows for the Fall 2011 UNAOC Fellowship Programme!". UNAOC. 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ "Programmes | Analysis | With Friends Like These". BBC News. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  14. ↑ "Programmes | Analysis | Me and My DNA". BBC News. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  15. ↑ "BBC World News commissions major new Cybercrime series". BBC. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  16. ↑ "Ben Hammersley Tweets about his marriage to Aleks Krotoski". 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2014-04-15.

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