marina n. bolotnikova

I’m a senior reporter at Vox thinking and writing about factory farming and animal rights, agriculture and the future of food, cities, housing, transit, science and its discontents, and whatever else catches my interest.

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 2026