Ben Hammersley
Ben Hammersley FRSA, FRGS | |
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Born | Leicester, England | 3 April 1976
Occupation | Technologist, Futurist, Strategic Forecasting Consultant, Journalist |
Nationality | British |
Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society |
Spouse | Aleks Krotoski |
Children | One |
Website | |
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Ben Hammersley FRSA FRGS (born 3 April 1976) is a British consultant, broadcaster, and systems developer.
Hammersley is known for coining the term podcast in 2004.
Education
[edit]Hammersley is the eldest of three children and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, and the School of Oriental and African Studies, from which he dropped out after a year.[citation needed]
Technology and strategic forecasting
[edit]Ben Hammersley has given keynote presentations to corporates and large events internationally.[1]
Until 2013, he was the UK Prime Minister's Ambassador to East London Tech City.[2]
Multimedia reporting and broadcasting
[edit]In 2015, Hammersley presented a six-part BBC World News series on cybercrimes.[3] He has twice presented on BBC Radio 4's documentary strand Analysis, covering Facebook in November 2007,[4] and personal genetic testing in December 2008.[5] He also presented the five-part BBC series Futureproof Yourself.[6]
Hammersley previously worked as an internet reporter for The Times. He was Associate Editor and Editor-at-Large at the launch of the UK edition of Conde Nast's Wired UK magazine.[7]
In 2006, he pioneered multi-platform journalism for The Guardian[8] covering conflict in Afghanistan, and in 2007 also for the BBC[9] covering the election in Turkey. He later used the systems he developed to build The Guardian's pioneering range of blogs, including the award-winning Comment is Free.
Podcast
[edit]Hammersley coined the term podcast in an article he wrote for The Guardian in 2004.[10] It was declared "Word of the Year" by the New Oxford American Dictionary in 2005.[11] Hammersley has said that he made the word up to pad out an article he was writing that was a little too short.[12]
Fellowships and associations
[edit]Hammersley is a member of the Transatlantic Network 2020,[13] and a trustee of the London chapter of the Awesome Foundation.[14] In August 2011 he was made a fellow of the UNAOC.[15] He is a judge of the Lovie Awards.[16]
In 2013, Hammersley became a fellow of the Robert Schuman School for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute,[17] Innovator-in-Residence at the Centre for Creative and Social Technologies at Goldsmiths, University of London, a member of the European Commission High Level Expert Group on Media Freedom,[18] and a non-resident fellow of the Brookings Institution.[19]
Personal life
[edit]Hammersley is married to Aleks Krotoski,[20][21] with whom he has a daughter.[22] Hammersley is a pilot, a licensed Emergency medical technician and Wilderness Medic, a triathlete and ultra-runner, a diver, photographer, and disaster response volunteer.
Bibliography
[edit]Hammersley has authored or co-authored several books on technology and journalism.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ben Hammersley - Keynote Speaker". VBQ Speakers.
- ^ "Tech City gets UK-made smartphone app". TechRadar. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "BBC World News commissions major new Cybercrime series". BBC. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ "Programmes | Analysis | With Friends Like These". BBC News. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ "Programmes | Analysis | Me and My DNA". BBC News. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ "BBC World Service - the Compass, Futureproof Yourself - Available now".
- ^ Parsons, Michael (24 April 2009). "Video: Marc Newson's Lockheed Lounge". Wired UK. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.
- ^ Hammersley, Ben (31 July 2006). "As we begin our descent" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "BBC - the Editors: Turkey experiment".
- ^ "Why online radio is booming". The Guardian. 12 February 2004.
- ^ "Wordsmiths hail podcast success". 7 December 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "The man who accidentally invented the word 'podcast', Radio 4 in Four - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "About Our Participants – Getting Involved – British Council – TN2020". British Council. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ [1] Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Fellowship News: Announcing 24 new fellows for the Fall 2011 UNAOC Fellowship Programme!". UNAOC. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.lovieawards.eu. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Ben Hammersley - Global Governance Programme". Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ "European Commission – Press release Digital Agenda: high-level group to discuss freedom and pluralism of the media across the EU". 11 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ "Ben Hammersley | Brookings Institution". Brookings.edu. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Ben Hammersley Tweets about his marriage to Aleks Krotoski". Twitter. 15 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Ben Hammersley on Twitter: "Holy shit, I just married @aleksk #obviouslyiwillwakeuptomorrowandallthiswillbeadream #bestdreamever"". Twitter. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Ben Hammersley Tweets about his child". Twitter. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
External links
[edit]- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Leicester
- People educated at Loughborough Grammar School
- Alumni of SOAS University of London
- British male bloggers
- British male journalists
- British technology journalists
- British technology writers
- Online journalists
- Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
- Brookings Institution people