Title: Bird Flu – Media hype or the end of the world
Speaker/facilitator: Dr Toby Murcott
Venue: Preston Manor High School , London

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Toby Murcott is a leading science writer and journalist. He studied Biochemistry and followed that with three years post-doctoral research. When it became obvious to him that he was far better at talking about science than he was at doing it, he changed track and began a new career as a science journalist. Since then he has been, amongst others; Science Correspondent for BBC World Service; Editor of Einstein TV; producer/presenter of science programmes across all of BBC Radio, while also writing a weekly column for The Times. He also spends time in schools taking part in workshops and leading discussions