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Lauren Smiley
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Journalist. Yarns at WIRED, New York mag, the Atlantic. Frog in boiling 2025 water. laurensmiley.contently.com
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If you'd like to read more about the Kendra Licari saga, featured in the new Netflix doc "The Unknown Number," here's the deep-dive I reported for @nymag.com about this sprawling, confounding case
www.thecut.com/article/kend...
Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter?
For a year, parents and school officials searched for the person behind the vicious, relentless texts. The culprit was under their noses all along.
www.thecut.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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With the #AirIndia tragedy, I've been thinking about the longtail human toll of crashes, and Boeing whistleblower Ed Pierson, obsessed with never letting another plane fall from the sky. Here's my profile for @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/boeing...
The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers
Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.
www.wired.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Hats off to Rhana Natour on your ASME win for this incredible @atavist.com profile - edited by the great @seywarddarby.bsky.social . Congrats, all!
magazine.atavist.com/coming-to-am...
A Teenager Lost Her Legs in Gaza. To Walk Again, She Had to Travel 6,000 Miles.
The story of Layan Albaz, one of thousands of Palestinian children who have lost limbs in Israeli air strikes—and one of the very few evacuated to the U.S. for medical care.
magazine.atavist.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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"One night, she looked through the catalog of items collected from the crash debris, and she saw Samya’s blue skirt. When it arrived, it smelled like jet fuel." @laurensmiley.bsky.social @wired.com
The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers - Longreads
"Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster."
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March 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Such an honor to see this news today, from judges who themselves are incredible business journalists. Thanks @sabew.bsky.social !
March 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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My latest at @wired.com!
Amid all the Boeing drama of recent years, I zeroed in on whistleblower Ed Pierson. I noted something especially driven and restless about him -- fueling my curiosity about what was fueling his quest. Here's what I found:
www.wired.com/story/boeing...
The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers
Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.
www.wired.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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So mightily honored that "Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia" is a National Magazine Award finalist. This list has been my lodestar for mag writing since I was 19 -- and still is. Big hat tip to my @wired.com editors @caitlinkelly.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social + Maria Streshinsky
February 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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As Long Lead's editor, while I'm not supposed to have favorite DEPTH PERCEPTION stories, this interview might be it. @laurensmiley.bsky.social is one of journalism's best writers, and I love reading @parkermolloy.com talking with her about her process.
longlead.com Long Lead @longlead.com · Feb 7
Plenty of changes have happened in the tech world since journalist @laurensmiley.bsky.social began covering it in 2007. But as the landscape shifts, Smiley has maintained a focus on the human elements of technological change, writing character-driven pieces to illuminate larger systemic issues.
Headshot of tech journalist Lauren Smiley on the left and on the right, Blue DEPTH PERCEPTION branding and text: "As a reporter, I find something enthralling about how systems translate down to a single person’s life... We experience our own life as one person; following a single person’s story is an immediately approachable story vehicle." -Lauren Smiley, WIRED Contributor
February 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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This is so harrowing, from one of the best writers in the business, @laurensmiley.bsky.social.
laurensmiley.bsky.social Lauren Smiley @laurensmiley.bsky.social · Jan 15
Before "Mommy Meanest" was a Lifetime movie, an exasperating cyberbullying case in a small Michigan town stumped all the authorities. Some suspected the culprit was all too close to home.

My latest for @NYMag and @TheCut 
www.thecut.com/article/kend...
Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter?
For a year, parents and school officials searched for the person behind the vicious, relentless texts. The culprit was under their noses all along.
www.thecut.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
laurensmiley.bsky.social
Before "Mommy Meanest" was a Lifetime movie, an exasperating cyberbullying case in a small Michigan town stumped all the authorities. Some suspected the culprit was all too close to home.

My latest for @NYMag and @TheCut 
www.thecut.com/article/kend...
Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter?
For a year, parents and school officials searched for the person behind the vicious, relentless texts. The culprit was under their noses all along.
www.thecut.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM