Gary Burgess on his ME

By which of course you mean the supposed go to source of information.

And of course Wessely is very influential in the SMC ...

http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/about-us/governance/

governance

TRUSTEES
The board of Trustees is the major decision-making body of the Science Media Centre and meets at least three times a year. Trustees are distinguished in the fields of science, engineering, medicine, journalism, communications, finance, law and policy.
...
Prof. Sir Simon Wessely
Professor of Psychological Medicine, Kings College London

 

I note that below it says "The Trustees are guided by a voluntary group of advisors from the fields of science, engineering, medicine, journalism and communications..."

which includes:

James Gallagher
Health Editor, BBC News

Jeremy Laurance
Former Health Editor, The Independent and the i

Lawrence McGinty
Former Science Editor, ITV News

Fay Schlesinger
Home Editor, The Times

and several other influential people like:

Seil Collins
Media Relations Manager, The Lancet

Luke Blair
Vice President Communications and Public Affairs, Imperial College London