Science Writer

David Bradley

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CAMBRIDGE, UK - I've worked in science communication for twenty years, since 23rd January 1989, in fact, having started out post-university as a technical editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry. My first professional feature article was published just over a year later for New Scientist in May 1990 and discussed the pioneering organometallic chemistry of the late Ron Snaith here in Cambridge.

Previously, I'd done some in-house and student newsletter writing, of course, and during the last two decades, I've written for a diverse range of publications, magazines, papers, organisations, companies, websites; check out the past and present clients list below.

You'll doubtless recognise a few of the names in my client list. In no particular order: Science, Nature, New Scientist, Chemistry World, The Economist, BioMedNet, ChemWeb, Microsoft Encarta, Dorling Kindersley etc etc. I am also a former Contributing Editor to the American Chemical Society journal Analytical Chemistry.

If you're after a science writer who's a stickler for scientific accuracy and can turn the proverbial pen to most scientific, technical, and medical (STM) subjects, then look no further. I've researched and written most kinds of news and features, done countless interviews and profiles, and prepared promotional and "in-house" literature and web materials, as well as reporting from conferences and symposia (live, virtual and retrospectively!).

As you've probably realised, I'm also quite keen on spreading the scientific word through my personal blog.

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I am a member of the Association of British Science Writers, the US National Association of Science Writers, and a Chartered Chemist member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In September 2007, I created the Science Writers Winner Facebook Group. I'm on Twitter @sciencebase where I've pulled together almost 4000 followers with an interest in science.

I was winner of the 1992 Daily Telegraph Science Writer of the Year for an article about sperm and egg communications, entitled Not Every Sperm is Sacred. I was Runner-up in the 1995 Chemical Industries Association (CIA) Awards for articles communicating science to the public and also received a Commendation in the 1997 Medical Journalism Awards.

Meanwhile, my Reactive Reports web site was short-listed for the Pirelli science multimedia awards in 2001 and subsequently my various other websites have been nominated, reached the finals and won various online accolades. Most recently, my Sciencetext.com site was a finalist in the 2008weblogawards and I personally (as sciencebase on twitter) was a Shorty Award finalist.

I co-authored, with John Gribbin, Richard Dawkins, Ian Stewart and others, the popular science book A Brief History of Science and am co-author of The Young Oxford Encyclopedia of Science.