Amanda Ruggeri is a multi-award-winning journalist and editor whose work focuses on science, psychology, child development, critical thinking, and history. For more than 20 years, she has built a reputation for in-depth, evidence-based reporting and a multidisciplinary, global perspective – often tackling complex or controversial subjects with nuance and clarity.

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She is currently a columnist for BBC.com, where she writes How Not to Be Manipulated, a series offering thoughtful, practical tools for navigating misinformation, both online and off.

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Her work has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, The Atlantic, TIME, the Jacobs Foundation’s BOLD, and many other leading publications. As a senior journalist at the BBC, Amanda also served as editor of BBC Future, the organization’s award-winning science and health vertical, known for longform, research-driven features. Her work there as both a journalist and an editor has received awards and commendations from associations including the Association of British Science Writers and the British Society of Magazine Editors.

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Over her career, she has reported from China, Guatemala, Jordan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and the United States, among others, for platforms including the BBC, History Channel, and Netflix. Her half-hour documentary Guatemala’s Lost World won silver in the 2021 Lowell Thomas SATW Awards, and her accompanying longform article won gold. Her investigation into sea level rise in Miami earned the 2019 Journalist Award from the European Meteorological Society.

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Her explorations of sleep — including viral pieces on the science behind baby sleep myths and on what we do and don't know about sleep training — have reached millions of readers around the world.

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Amanda holds a B.A. in history from Yale and an M.Phil. in international relations from the University of Cambridge. Originally from the U.S., she has lived in Italy and the U.K., and is now based in Switzerland.