Lauren Orsini

I’m Lauren Rae Orsini, a professional journalist and avid student of fan culture. My reporting has appeared on ReadWrite, CNN, Forbes, Kotaku, PBS, the Daily Dot, and numerous other outlets.

My geeky interests include watching anime and building Gundam models, but what I really geek out about the most are, well, my fellow geeks. I am in awe of people who proudly nurture their obsessions and I am always looking for people with unique passions to cover in my articles.

I have a master’s degree in Journalism from American University, where I have also taught as an adjunct. The tenets of journalism that I learned in school have remained my life philosophy: Be curious. Be honest. Be bold.

I wrote Otaku Journalism because I think being an otaku and being a journalist are two great tastes that go great together. I want to recruit other geeks to find their passion for journalism, too.

www.otakujournalist.com