Michael Simpson
Pretoria, South Africa
As seen in:
wordpress.org,
MSN Malaysia,
MSN Singapore,
Yahoo Entertainment,
Daily Mail,
Fabulous,
Forbes,
The Daily Mirror,
The Sun,
Wiley Online Library
and
Covers:
Health, science, psychological aspects of current affairs, politics & news, justice & court cases, almost anything that's interesting
Doesn't Cover:
Knitting patterns, Kardashians, and anything that would fit on Twitter
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Michael Simpson’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Detailed bio in my Linked-In profile, which you may find surprisingly interesting. Qualified scientist, medical doctor, psychiatrist, & academic, with experience in many fields & countries. Have been publishing in Britain, America, South Africa, etc since the early 1960's. ( not a type ) Cybershrink for Health24 since it began many years ago, with columns published in Heath24 & News24, etc. Have published some 100 books, as author, co-author, & editor, on topics including death, grief, psych…
Michael Simpson’s Journalist Portfolio
Coronascam : How to waste millions by pretending to be huanitarian.
Interview
See all 21 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
School magazine, then free-lancing in London
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Of course : I'm a dinosaur who started writing when there were no computers.
How is social media changing news?
By blurring the margins of genuine news, with a flood of "celebrity" gossip , pseudo-news, & fluff