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Elena Laurent

Editor-in-Chief

87 articles · 4.2M reads

About Elena

Elena Laurent has been Editor-in-Chief of Meridian since 2020. Before joining us, she spent eight years writing about technology and culture for The Atlantic, Wired, and Harper's Magazine. Her essays have been translated into fourteen languages, and her 2022 piece on the attention economy was cited in congressional testimony on social media regulation. She lives between Paris and Lisbon.

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Marcus Kwame

Senior Correspondent

Investigative journalist covering politics, power, and the digital public sphere. Based in Accra and London.

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Sophia Reeves

Science Editor

Translating complex research into stories that matter, with a focus on biology, longevity, and health. PhD, Cambridge.

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Olivia Durant

Arts & Culture

Critic and essayist exploring what contemporary art, film, and music tell us about who we are. Based in New York.

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James Park

Urban Affairs

Writer and urban planner reporting on cities, architecture, housing, and the politics of public space. Seoul-based.

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Fatima Nour

Health & Mind

Clinical psychologist and science writer specialising in neuroscience, mental health, and the psychology of everyday life.

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Ravi Lal

Books & Literature

Literary critic and essayist writing about fiction, philosophy, and the place of reading in a distracted world. Based in Delhi and Berlin.

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Amara Voss

Political Reporter

Covering the shifting landscape of global democracy, local governance, and the politics of justice. Former Reuters correspondent.

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Ben Thacker

Economics Editor

Economist and journalist examining how money, work, and inequality shape the texture of daily life. Formerly of the FT and The Economist.

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