Bio
Mary-Ann Russon is a veteran technology, science and business journalist with more than 18 years' experience. Her work has been nominated and shortlisted for several awards, including the Technology Journalism
Mary-Ann Russon is a veteran technology, science and business journalist with more than 18 years' experience. Her work has been nominated and shortlisted for several awards, including the Technology Journalism Award at the British Journalism Awards, the American Association for the Advancement of Science Awards, Digital Writer of the Year at The Drum Online Media Awards and Technology Journalist of the Year at the UK Tech Awards.
She specialises in "breaking down" complicated concepts to help enhance the general public’s and decision makers' understanding of technology, science and business, as well as delivering content that technologists, engineers and scientists would like to read for fun when they're not at work.
Mary-Ann has been published in at least 30 international newspapers, magazines and news sites. More than 200 research papers and books cite articles she has written over the last decade, while several governments mention her work in white papers.
Specialist areas
Tech topics: Tech policy, artificial intelligence; quantum computing; cybersecurity; space propulsion; “Metaverse” technologies like VR, AR and haptics; telecoms and wireless technologies like 5G, Wi-Fi, Li-Fi, Bluetooth, Internet of Things, fibre optics, satellites – basically anything using radio, light or ultrasound waves; “neural lace” brain-computer interfaces; drones, aerospace and defence innovations; 3D printing; robotics; climate change; medical tech breakthroughs and archaeology. Business: Stock markets, interest rates, personal finance, economic theory for dummies, fintech, business policy and impact on firms.
