Who writes these stories
Our writers
Three writers per beat, each with their own angle on it — the critic, the reporter and the one following the money.
Screen
Read the beatMarisol Vance
Screen — Chief Film Critic
Reads films like contracts: who paid, who benefits, what the frame is hiding.
Beat lead
Dev Okafor
Screen — TV & Streaming
Watches what the algorithm serves and then asks who ordered it.
Nina Brandt
Screen — Blockbuster Economics
Follows the money from the tentpole all the way back to the tax credit.
Feeds
Read the beatCass Ito
Feeds — Platform Culture
Lives in the timeline so the rest of us can log off with a diagnosis.
Beat lead
Reuben Adeyemi
Feeds — AI & Synthetic Media
Covers machine-made culture without either the hype or the panic.
Priya Nandakumar
Feeds — Fandom & Discourse
Takes fandom seriously, which is why she is so hard on it.
Money
Read the beatPower
Read the beatSimone Achebe
Power — Surveillance
Maps the cameras, the contracts and the databases behind them.
Beat lead
Kurt Halloran
Power — Politics & Media
Covers politics as a media product, because that is what it has become.
Lena Vasquez
Power — Courts & Policy
Reads the filings so the ruling does not arrive as a surprise.