about

I am a freelance journalist producing deeply-reported stories, investigations and features on disinformation, tech, health, internet culture, online communities, censorship, regulation, inequality and more. I was shortlisted for the British Journalism Awards for Technology in 2020.

I work frequently with Reuters Fact Check, investigating mis- and disinfo on social media, producing fact checks, digital investigations and explainers. I’ve uncovered false claims on COVID-19, immunity, vaccines, climate change, the environment, politics, the Russia-Ukraine war and claims supporting hate narratives around LGBTQ people, sex workers and immigration. I also recently worked with Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit as an assistant producer.

My reporting work and features have been published in WIRED, Reuters, The i Paper, openDemocracy, Coda Story, VICE, Dazed, The New European, The Metro, Marie Claire, Refinery29, Huck magazine and others.

My deeply-reported features document Instagram wrongfully suspending sex-positive accounts, LGBTQ disinformation exported from the US, vaccine hesitancy in friendship groups, OnlyFans creators building their own platforms in the face of censorship, survivors of online sexual abuse fighting for justice, the rise of compulsive exercise, the detention of female asylum seekers, workplace discrimination of women with PMDD, Ireland’s reproductive rights, Gibraltar’s abortion referendum, strippers protesting workers’ rights and more.

Some of my recent investigations uncovered the shadowy sale of supplements on Depop, disinformation on Facebook despite a ban, London mayoral candidates using social media and misinformation to gain influence and anti-mask misinformation on Twitter, after which the platform changed its policy to add more context and transparency to its ‘trending’ sidebar.

From 2019-2021 I was a social media journalist and producer with First Draft, the nonprofit protecting communities from misinformation. There, I monitored global disinformation, wrote daily news about misinformation trends, conducted data investigations and developed specialist investigative research, social newsgathering and verification skills.

Through my fact-checking and misinformation monitoring work, I’ve closely tracked the rise of conspiracy theories during the Covid-19 pandemic and the UK anti-lockdown movement, debunked Covid-19 vaccine falsehoods, uncovered transphobic anti-vaccine narratives, analysed anti-vaccine communities and corrected myths about the contraceptive pill.

I also have multimedia skills, including video and audio production, and multiplatform experience across digital, video, audio and print. In 2016, I produced and presented a documentary on bodybuilders suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, muscle dysmorphia and other mental health issues.

I’ve also contributed to and provided commentary to reports on conspiracy theories, vaccine misinformation and inequality for MSNBC, PBS, ABC, WNET, Marie Claire and the BBC World Service. I’ve also trained students on collaborative journalism at De Montfort University in Leicester, presented webinars on mental health for journalists during the COVID-19 pandemic and hosted workshops on rigorous reporting and objectivity at Byline Festival.

For commissions, collaborations or speaking opportunities, please email me or reach out on social media.