Giles Whittell is a Deputy Editor at Tortoise. With a rich background as a Times correspondent in LA, Moscow, and Washington, he focuses on regional interest and world news, covering themes such as elections, government, and international space travel. His work has been featured in Tortoise Media and The Observer - Observer Magazine.
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Giles Whittell's articles predominantly focus on government and politics, with a significant emphasis on legal policy regulation. Given this coverage pattern, Giles would likely be most interested in pitches related to governmental announcements, political developments, and regulatory changes across various sectors.
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Considering his coverage of world affairs and finance & economy topics as well as articles encompassing environment and technology themes, relevant pitches could touch upon these areas while keeping in mind his strong focus on government policies and regulations.
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By: Giles Whittell
At the intersection of overhyped tech and fatuous cliche, it was good to imagine something real was going down
Elon Musk once saw colonising Mars as the only way to save humanity. Now he is focusing on building a city on the moon instead
Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s biography of the world’s richest man asks whether Elon Musk represents anything but himself
By: Giles Whittell
Evan as Artemis II’s astronauts captured a view first immortalised in 1968, the science programmes that sent them into space were being sacrificed to Trump’s ‘aggressive’ quest to beat China to the lunar surface
By: Giles Whittell
The African nation is being asked to grant the US access to a hallucinogen that can banish opioid addiction and could heal the Maga rift
By: Giles Whittell
The US president has survived what appears to be yet another attempt on his life
By: Giles Whittell
A protest about weights and measurements 26 years ago set the table for the Brexit vote. Now, its supporters say Starmer’s government is about to get served
By: Giles Whittell
For the first time in a long time there is a glass half full view of Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Russia could be losing
By: Giles Whittell
Cuts to astronomy research threaten to shut down the Cheshire radio telescope and bring to an end 70 years of observational science
By: Giles Whittell
A rocket’s collision with the moon is a reminder that space junk is neither predictable nor safe
