I began my journalism career on the Grimsby Evening Telegraph in 1993, writing about local government, film and television, pub food and fish.

In 1996 I moved to the Daily Mail and soon after became the Mail's first science correspondent in more than a decade. At the Mail I covered science, environment and technology, and helped launch Email, the Daily Mail's first computing section. 

In 2000 I moved to The Daily Telegraph to become science and medical correspondent. At the Telegraph I launched the Visions of Science photography awards and in 2004 was named Medical Journalist of the Year.

In 2005 I became the Telegraph's first consumer affairs editor. In addition to writing news stories and features, I penned a weekly consumer advice column Buyer Beware. In 2006 I was runner up in the London Press Club Consumer Journalist of the Year awards.

Two years later, I was back at the Daily Mail as Environment Editor. In 2008 I was joint winner of the Press Gazette Environmental Press Awards campaign of the year for the Mail's Ban the Bags campaign.

Since September 2011 I've been a freelance writer - covering environment, science and countryside issues.

In 2015 I co-founded RNA Media, working with experienced medial journalist Jenny Hope, to provide media training for science and health professionals. In 2020, we launched the Impact: Women Scientists in the Media communications workshops with funding from the MRC and NIHR and support from the Science Media Centre. 

My first novel The Sleep of Reason, co-written with Sir Mark Rowley, the Met Police's former head of counter terrorism, is out in April 2022.

David Derbyshire