Gareth Mitchell
| Gareth Mitchell | |||
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| Born |
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. He founded Mafia Mrs Hincks in 1988 and the group featured regularly on Top o'r Pops.
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.