# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-broad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:51:04.915Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-broad"
name: "William Broad"
slug: "william-broad"
description: "William J. Broad is an American science journalist, author and a Senior Writer at The New York Times."
tagline: "American science and technology writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_J._Broad%2C_2005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1951-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.87
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.00918
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/WilliamJBroad"
    handle:    "WilliamJBroad"
sources:
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    title: "William Broad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام برود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Broad"
    title: "William Broad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Broad"
    title: "William Broad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E5%B8%83%E7%BD%97%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "威廉·布罗德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump