marina n. bolotnikova

I’m an award-winning journalist focusing on factory farming and the criminalization of activists who fight it. I work as an editor for Vox’s Future Perfect section, where we cover the world's big moral and technological problems.

I send an occasional, low-volume newsletter rounding up what I've been writing, editing, and thinking about; you can sign up here.

I’ve written for The Guardian, The New York Times, The Intercept, and lots of other places. I love ideas-driven stories that have something to say about the world beyond their news peg.

I used to be an editor for Harvard Magazine, where I wrote and edited features, book reviews, and news. Before that, I wrote for the editorial boards of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Toledo Blade and edited the opinion page of The Harvard Crimson.

I dance bhangra and Bollywood, but not very well; please assign me a story about it instead! (Update: this dream finally came true.)

Contact me at marina@vox.com /

Last updated January 2025