Tim Radford

Tim Radford (born 1940) is a British–New Zealand freelance journalist, born in New Zealand in 1940 and educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland.[1] At 16, he joined The New Zealand Herald as a reporter. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1961, working at first as a Whitehall information officer.

For the British general, see Tim Radford (British Army officer).

Tim Radford
Born	1940 New Zealand
Education	Sacred Heart College, Auckland
Occupation	Journalist and writer
Notable credit(s)	Science editor at The Guardian, 1980–2005
Children	2

Radford worked for The Guardian newspaper for 32 years. Over the course of his career, he was letters editor, arts editor, literary editor, and science editor — holding the latter post from 1980 until 2005.[2] He also served on the UK committee for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. He is married with two adult children.[1]

Awards

Radford has won four Association of British Science Writers awards:[3]

• Lifetime achievement award for services to science journalism, 2004
• Best feature on science subject in a national or regional newspaper, 2004, for Touching the Void, published in The Guardian on 22 July 2004
• Best communication of science in a non-science context, 2001, for Tell us, Solly, published in the London Review of Books on 20 September 2001
• Other awards in 1992 and 1997

References

1. Radford, Tim (3 June 2008). "The Guardian writer profile". London. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
2. "Of course scientists can communicate". Retrieved 6 October 2012.
3. "Association of British Science Writers award winners". Retrieved 6 October 2012.

Bibliography

• The Address Book: Our Place in the Scheme of Things (2009), 224 pages, Fourth Estate (April 2011), Paperback ISBN 978-0007356294; Hardback ISBN 978-0007255207
• The Crisis of Life on Earth: Our Legacy from the Second Millennium (1990), 224 pages, Thorsons (October 1990), Hardback ISBN 978-0722521397