About

Award-winning writer and editor, specialising in project-based work across disciplines including journalism, literature and the screen.

Formerly a Senior Staff Editor at the New York Times and the Editor-in-Chief at gal-dem magazine, I am currently a fellow at the University of Oxford and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, investigating how the media reports on missing people. I write regular columns for the Guardian, and a newsletter on the culture of friendship called The Companion (which you should subscribe to!).

In my journalism practice, I focus on interview features, profiles and essays on culture, identity, lifestyle and social politics and write regularly for a variety of outlets, including Stylist, ELLE, and the New York Times.

Editor of the books Black Joy (Penguin, 2021), an anthology that explores what it means to be Black and British today, I Will Not Be Erased: Our Stories About Growing Up as People of Colour (Walker, 2019), a groundbreaking essay collection, and the editor and main author of Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children (Hachette, 2018), a leading exploration of the Windrush generation. My writing is included in anthologies including Loud Black Girls, and Black British Lives Matter.

Experienced podcaster, event host, speaker and panellist. Commercial clients include BAFTA, Exposure, Nike and Channel 4. Scott Trust alumnus, and winner of the Georgina Henry Award for Innovation in Journalism.