David Shukman

David Roderick Shukman (born 30 May 1958) is a British journalist, and the former science editor of BBC News.

Early life Shukman was born in 1958 in St Pancras, London. His paternal grandfather, after whom he was named, came from the Jewish community of Baranów in Congress Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, and later settled in the United Kingdom. His father, Harold Shukman, was a scholar of Russian history at St Antony's College, Oxford. His brother, Henry Shukman, is a meditation teacher and co-founder of The Way.

Shukman was educated at the Dragon School and Eton College. He studied geography at Durham University, where he was a member of Hatfield College and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1980.

Career Shukman began his career at the Coventry Evening Telegraph, where he worked from 1980 until joining the BBC in 1983.

In January 2012, Shukman was appointed the BBC's first science editor, as part of an expansion of the broadcaster's science coverage.

Shukman left the BBC in 2021 after nearly 40 years with the broadcaster. He subsequently worked as an independent consultant, writer and broadcaster, and in 2022 was appointed Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. They have three children. He is a member of the Frontline Club.