Science Journalist, Editor & Communications Advisor, Wildfire Communications

Wilson da Silva is a science journalist best known as the longtime editor and co-founder of COSMOS magazine. He’s also been a reporter and producer for the ABC TV Science Unit, science news editor of ABC Online and a staff journalist on The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. His work has been recognised with a number of accolades, including the AFI Award for Best Documentary, the Human Rights Media Award and two Editor of the Year trophies for COSMOS. He is a past president of Australian Science Communicators, the World Federation of Science Journalists, and his stories are featured in The Best Australian Science Writing anthologies of 2012, 2015 and 2016.

https://www.wilsondasilva.com

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Twitter to the Stars: The Runaway Success of HELLO FROM EARTH