I’m a journalist, currently working as the opinion editor and on the newsdesk at the i newspaper.

Previously, I worked as a staff technology and digital culture writer at the New Statesman and was staff writer at CityMetric (a sister site).

Before that, I studied for a magazine journalism MA at City University, London. I’ve written for The Times, The Guardian, Private Eye, the Evening Standard, Times Higher Education, The Spectator, The Huffington Post, and Vice.

I’m usually around on @bspeed8, or you can get me in private at barbara.speed [at] inews.co.uk.