Lily is the Research and Operations Manager for Environmental Progress. She lives in Northern Virginia and found her way to journalism following a career/life change, having previously worked as a Christian missionary based in Eastern Europe. She has a degree in Psychology and Cultural Anthropology. Due to her experiences in her former career, Lily is passionate about the psychology of persuasion, the implications of religion on the secularized becoming of Western civilization, and how both play a role in censorship.
Mia Hughes
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Mia Hughes researches the gender issue for Civilization Works (Formerly EP). She is the author of the WPATH Files, an in-depth, investigative report based on leaked internal communications from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Her research focus is the controversy surrounding pediatric gender medicine as well as the role the field of psychiatry plays in the current psychiatric epidemic of gender dysphoria. Mia also aims to contextualize the contemporary trans phenomenon by comparing it to similar historical events, including lobotomies and past epidemics of hysteria and multiple personality disorder.
Phoebe Smith
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Phoebe Smith is a researcher and fact-checker working on censorship, “disinformation,” and other topics. She received her Masters Degree in Media Studies from Syracuse University in 2023. As a student, she worked on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) grant, extensively researching the capabilities and limitations of both AI generators and classifiers.
John Morrison
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John Morrison is a researcher who previously worked for The Spectator, producing briefings for journalists such as Fraser Nelson, Andrew Neil, Katy Balls, and Kate Andrews. While at the Spectator, John also researched and wrote the magazine’s Covid-19 newsletter. Before joining Public, John was a researcher and scriptwriter for various YouTube channels, including Disrupt TV and Epic History TV. John lives in London, UK.