Member Profiles

Seán Duke

ISTJA President

Seán is a science graduate of University College Dublin (1987) with an MA in Science, Health and Environmental Reporting from New York University (1993).

Anthea Lacchia

ISTJA Vice President

Anthea is a freelance science journalist and audio producer with a PhD in palaeontology from Trinity College Dublin and a MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London.

Maria Delaney

ISTJA Treasurer (temporary)

Maria is the editor of Noteworthy, an award-winning crowdfunded investigative platform from Journal Media. As an investigative journalist, she specialises in health, social justice and science.

Catherine Collins

EUSJA Delegate

Catherine is a science journalist and communications professional born and raised in Ireland. For the past five years she’s called Brussels home.

Anthony King

ISTJA Members’ Secretary

Anthony is a freelance science journalist based in Dublin. He covers a variety of topics in chemical and biological sciences, as well as science policy, health and innovation.

Fintan Burke

Fintan is a freelance science journalist currently based in Hamburg. He has written for The Irish Times, Horizon Magazine and SciDev.net. He was previously based in Brussels and Dublin.

Olive Heffernan

Olive covers climate change, oceans and sustainability, mostly for international science magazines such as Nature, Scientific American and New Scientist.

Tom Kennedy

Tom has over 40 years experience as editor, feature writer and photojournalist. He was a founding editor of Science Spin.

Sabine Louët

Sabine is a science journalist, editor, and media entrepreneur with a keen interest in how best to use technology to deliver improved editorial coverage of science, medicine, and technology.

Passionate about igniting curiosity and rekindling people’s passion for knowledge, Niamh shares space stories in broadcast and print journalism, podcast and video platforms to communicate science topics to the general public.

Cormac Sheridan

Cormac has worked as an international science journalist for over 25 years. His current focus is on biotechnology. He has previously reported on the ICT industry.

Conor Purcell

Conor is a science journalist and editor with a PhD in Earth Science. He is a regular contributor at The Irish Times and has also written for Nature, Scientific American and Science, amongst others.

Brian Trench

Brian has been a member of ISTJA for thirty years, and president in 1990s. Contributed to Technology Ireland, New Scientist, Sunday Tribune, Sunday Business Post, RTÉ Radio1 programmes, Irish Farmers’ Monthly, among others.

Irish Science & Technology Journalists’ Association (ISTJA)