Lyndal Rowlands is an Australian freelance journalist, United Nations correspondent and communication consultant who has reported from the United States, Uganda, Timor-Leste and Australia. As a foreign correspondent she has written for Al Jazeera, the Saturday Paper and IPS, and conducted research for ABC International Development. As a science journalist she has written for Discovery Education, Scidev and Surgical News. She is the former UN Bureau Chief for development news service Inter Press Service and a UN Foundation Press Fellowship recipient.