Young journalist Angela Saini has been jointly named Junior European Science Writer of the Year for 2009, by the respected Euroscience Foundation. The science has written for New Scientist, Wired, Science and The Economist in the past and is a regular science and technology reporter on BBC World Service.

She was nominated by the European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations. The judges said she had “already become a very versatile and promising science journalist”.

She told AIM Magazine: “I know its cheesy, but since I went freelance last year I’ve honestly felt that my job is its own reward – I love being a science journalist. But to be recognised by your peers, especially early in your career, is brilliantly encouraging.”