Ben Hammersley

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Ben Hammersley
FRSA, FRGS
File:Ben Hammersley (4891995445).jpg
Ben Hammersley, August 2010
Born (1976-04-03) 3 April 1976 (age 48)
Leicester, England
Occupation journalist, futurist, technologist
Nationality British
Notable awards Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Spouse Aleks Krotoski
Children 1
Website
www.benhammersley.com

Ben Hammersley FRSA FRGS (born 3 April 1976 in Leicester, England) is a British internet technologist, journalist, author and broadcaster based in London, England. In 2013, he became a fellow of the Robert Schuman School for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute,[1] Innovator-in-Residence at the Centre for Creative and Social Technologies at Goldsmiths, University of London,[2] Editor at Large of Conde Nast's Wired UK magazine,[3] a member of the European Commission High Level Expert Group on Media Freedom,[4] and a non-resident fellow of the Brookings Institution.[5] He is married to Aleks Krotoski,[6] with whom he has a daughter.[7]

Career

Hammersley previously worked as an internet reporter for The Times. Until 2013, he was the UK Prime Minister's Ambassador to East London Tech City.[8]

Hammersley is a member of the Transatlantic Network 2020.,[9] and a trustee of the London chapter of the Awesome Foundation.[10] In August 2011 he was made a fellow of the UNAOC.[11] He is a judge of the Lovie Awards.[12]

Life and work

Multimedia reporting and broadcasting

Hammersley has twice presented on BBC Radio 4's documentary strand Analysis, covering Facebook in November 2007,[13] and personal genetic testing in December 2008.[14] In 2014, he presented a six-part BBC World News series on cybercrimes.[15]

Education

Ben 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.

Personal life

Hammersley is married to Aleks Krotoski.[16]

Bibliography

Hammersley has authored or co-authored several books on technology and journalism.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

References

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  2. [2] Archived 16 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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