Natasha Mitchell is an Australian

science journalist Science journalism conveys reporting about science to the public. The field typically involves interactions between scientists, journalists and the public. Origins Modern science journalism originated in weather and other natural history obs ...

. She currently hosts the

Radio National ABC Radio National, more commonly known as Radio National or simply RN, is an Australian nationwide public service radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). From 1947 until 1985, the network was known as ABC Radio 2. ...

program '' Big Ideas'', which presents lectures, panels and podcast episodes on ideas or issues and was initially presented by Australian journalist Paul Barclay. Mitchell was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow in 2005/2006. Mitchell was vice-president of the[World Federation of Science Journalists from 2011-2013. She was elected to the Federation's executive board in 2009. She was a founding committee member of the Science Journalists Association of Australia from 2019-2021. Mitchell was founding host and producer of the ABC Radio National podcast ''Science Friction'' from 2017-2023, and founding host of the ABC Radio show ''All In The Mind'', one of the ABC's first podcasts. She was also host of the ABC radio show ''Life Matters'', a program first broadcast in 1992 and initially presented by Geraldine Doogue.

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