Gareth Mitchell

Gareth Mitchell
Gareth Mitchell in Tallinn (2017)
Born 15 August
Eastleigh, England
Nationality Welsh
Occupation Technology broadcaster

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 bellringing and organ playing at his local church.

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "BBC World Service - Click". BBC. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  2. ↑ Gareth Mitchell, Bill Thompson (2014-01-14). "Click". bbc.co.uk (Podcast). BBC. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  3. ↑ "Host Bios & Pictures: BBC World Service". apmstations.org. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.sciencefocus.com/podcast
  5. ↑ "Mr Gareth Mitchell". Imperial College London. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  6. ↑ Douglas Heaven. "Gareth Mitchell - mouthpiece". Mouthpiece.douglasheaven.com. Retrieved 2014-01-15.


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