Angela Saini

Angela Saini
Born 1980 (age 37–38)
London, England
Education Masters in Engineering Science
Alma mater University of Oxford
Occupation Journalist
Notable work Geek Nation[1]
Inferior[2]
Website angelasaini.co.uk

Angela Saini (born 1980) is an Asian science journalist, broadcaster living in Britain, and the author of two books - Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World and Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story. Her third book, What Are You? The Mad Science of Race – and Its Fatal Return is scheduled for publication in 2019.[3] Her work has appeared in Science, Wired, The Guardian, The New Humanist and New Scientist. She is also a presenter on BBC radio.

Saini holds two master's degrees - in Engineering from the University of Oxford and in Science and Security from King's College London.

In 2008 Saini quit the BBC to become a freelance writer.[4]

In 2008 Saini won a Prix CIRCOM for her investigation of fake universities, focusing on Irish International University.[5][6]

In 2012 she won the Association of British Science Writers Award for best news item, 2012.[7] She was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 2012 and 2013.[8] In 2015 she won the American Association for the Advancement of Science Gold Award.[9]

Her second book, Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story, was published in 2017.[10][11][12][13]

In August 2017 an internal memo written by a Google employee about the company's diversity policies, "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber", received public attention. Saini criticised the memo, calling it "[not] just intellectual laziness; [but] prejudice masquerading as fact".[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ (Hodder & Stoughton, 2011)
  2. ↑ (Harper Collins, 2017)
  3. ↑ "What Are You?". The Science Factory. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  4. ↑ Oliver, Laura. "'Why I quit the BBC': Angela Saini, freelance science journalist". 10/10/2008. Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Saini, Angela. "A Degree of Deception". Jan. 7, 2008. The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Reporter wins European journalism award". AIM Magazine. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  7. ↑ ABSW. "Awards of the 21st Century". Association of British Science Writers. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Announcing 2012–2013 Knight Fellows". Knight Science Journalism at MIT. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "2015 Winners Named in Expanded AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards Competition". AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  10. ↑ Gawrylewski, Andrea. "Recommended". Scientific American. 316 (6): 74–74. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0617-74.
  11. ↑ "Inferior by Angela Saini wins Physics World's 2017 Book of the Year - physicsworld.com". physicsworld.com. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  12. ↑ "Best of 2017: long reads". Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  13. ↑ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  14. ↑ Saini, Angela (2017-08-07). "Silicon Valley's weapon of choice against women: shoddy science | Angela Saini". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  15. ↑ "Opinion | How modern science failed women". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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