Tom Whipple is a British journalist. From 2012-2024 he was the science editor at The Times and is now a science correspondent and columnist. He joined the paper in 2006 and has specialized in science since 2012.
After attending Reading School in 1993âÂÂ2000, Whipple studied maths and then computing until 2004 at Churchill College, Cambridge while writing features for the student paper. He was twice named student feature writer of the year by The Guardian and was a member of the Night Climbers.
In 2019, Whipple won the silver AAAS Science Journalism Award for his April 2019 story "Caucher Birkar â from asylum seeker to Fields Medal winner at Cambridge" for The Times Magazine. In 2024, he won the opinion or editorial award from the ABSW for his article "lessons from lockdown", published three years on from the first covid-19 pandemic restrictions. And in 2020, he was recognised as science journalist of the year at the Press Awards for his work reporting on the pandemic.
Whipple is a member of the advisory group of the Science Media Centre in London and has supported their view of the role of industry in science.