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Gareth Mitchell | |
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 Gareth Mitchell in Tallinn (2017) | |
| Born | 15 August 1970 [1] Eastleigh, England |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation(s) | Technology broadcaster, science communicator |
| Website | Twitter, Facebook (official) |
Gareth Mitchell is a Welsh technology journalist, lecturer and former broadcast engineer. [2]
Mitchell was born Gareth James Mitchell [3] in Eastleigh, England to a Welsh father, [4] Colin Mitchell. [5] He spent his childhood in Montgomeryshire, [6] Powys, Wales. [7] When Gareth was seven, his father lit up a bulb with a closed circuit, and that sparked his interest in science. [8]
He was a member of the computer society at school (Welshpool High School) and participated in bellringing [9] and organ playing [10] at his local church. As an undergraduate studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London, Mitchell joined campus radio working behind the scenes, but saw that "[t]he people who seemed to be having all the good fun were the creative types in the studios." [11] Because of that, after getting his engineering degree and relevant work, he took up an MSc in Science Communication, also at Imperial. [12]
Mitchell joined the BBC during the mid-1990s, starting his career as a broadcast engineer. His initial dream was to be part of Tomorrow's World , [13] BBC's flagship technology TV programme, but a visit to a radio studio at Bush House got him obsessed about radio journalism. [14] [ failed verification ] Mitchell eventually decided to trade climbing TV and radio transmitter towers for science and technology journalism. He had worked for Radio Netherlands on science programmes.[ citation needed ]
His first hosting role on the BBC was for the youth science program, The Lab. [15] [ failed verification ] [16] Occasionally, he had also presented Science in Action and The Science Hour on the BBC World Service, and reported on the television programme Click . [17]
He presented on the BBC most notably as the host of Digital Planet (previously known as Click [18] and Go Digital [19] [20] [21] ) a BBC radio programme broadcast worldwide on the BBC World Service with Bill Thompson until its end in March 2023. [2] During his time on the show he interviewed people such as Jimmy Wales, [22] Stephen Fry, [23] Professor Dame Wendy Hall, [24] Martyn Ware, [25] Feargal Sharkey, [26] Jean Michel Jarre [27] and Vint Cerf. [28] From time to time, he is a stand-in presenter for BBC Inside Science on BBC Radio 4. Additionally, Mitchell wrote for the Q&A section of BBC (Science) Focus Magazine and hosted the Q&A podcast [29] from 2008 to 2017.
After the end of Digital Planet, in April 2023, Mitchell and Thompson returned with a new technology podcast, The Gareth and BillCast [30] as well as Mitchell presenting ""Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast" [31]
Mitchell has lectured at Imperial College London since 1998 in broadcast and written journalism on the Science Communication and Science Media Production MSc programmes [32] [33] since 2000 [34] and 2002 respectively. [35] He also presents the Imperial College Podcast. The key event leading to his appointment as a radio tutor was a bet in a pub over a Guardian job advertisement for that role. [36] [37]
He emceed TEDx Imperial. [38] He has attended the World Economic Forum [39] and has hosted workshops, discussion panels and conferences on science and technology. [40] [41] [42]
At Imperial he has cofounded, and now runs, the "Science Media Diversity Scholarship". [43] The award covers tuition fees and London living costs for a year, for a student from a minority ethnic group. The Science Media Diversity Scholar also completes an internship at one of the sponsoring television production companies.[ citation needed ]
As well as broadcasting and lecturing Mitchell is an host and facilitator at big events with clients such as the European Commission, OECD, [44] [45] World Economic Forum, [46] Wellcome Trust, and Nesta.[ citation needed ]
Apart from the bells and the organ, other instruments Mitchell can play are the piano and keyboard.[ citation needed ] [47] He rides motorcycles, has taken flying lessons, and has been a licensed amateur radio operator since August 2019. [48] [3] with his call sign M7GJM. He continues to use his engineering skills by for example has developing a way to provide the required signal needed for the studio clocks [37] [49] he'd bought at an auction for items from Bush House, the BBC World Service's former headquarters, he did this by making a Master clock from a microcontroller called an Arduino.
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