Arikia Millikan is an American-born writer based in New York City and Berlin. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of LadyBits®, Publisher of Scientopia (a science blogging collective), and author of the forthcoming book, Hell in Paradise. Formerly she was an editor at Wired.com, Technical Projects Manager of ScienceBlogs, and served as Research Assistant to Nate Silver during the production of the New York Times #1 best-selling book, The Signal and the Noise. She has traveled to 38 countries and would like to visit the rest as well. Her journalistic writing focuses on the art of narrative profiling and how technology is impacting the future of humanity. Her creative writing blends memoir and science fiction to take the reader on journeys into worlds they never before imagined. She is also a parrot trainer.

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LADYBITS

science & tech Journalism

As the first Editorial Community Manager and youngest ever editor of WIRED, Arikia recruited and edited thousands of contributions to the site and interfaced with hundreds of writers. Her journalistic work over the years has focused on biomedical engineering, post-disaster infrastructure technology, DIY-tech and narrative profiling of industry leaders. Her writing has appeared in VICE//Motherboard, The Atlantic, The Verge, Gizmodo, Popular Science, Psychology Today, and more. Her specializations include: analytical writing, technical writing, long-form feature writing, ghostwriting, immersive reporting, disaster correspondence, and character profiling.

 Scientopia

The Signal and the Noise

reader-funded writing

In 2013, Arikia left the comfort of her life in NYC and began a series of travels that would eventually take her to over 35 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. She funded her travels primarily by selling subscriptions to her writing. She currently lives in Berlin, where she is researching the path forward for online journalism and preparing for the release of her first book. You can continue to support Arikia in her creative endeavors by subscribing to her newsletter on Substack:

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