EVAN MALMGREN
EVANMALM@GMAIL.COM | 608.695.8086 | 939 PUTNAM AVE, APT 3, BROOKLYN, NY 11221
EXPERIENCE
TYPE MEDIA CENTER New York, NY
Research and Communications Associate (June 2019 – Present)
• Write, edit, and produce grant reports, several regular
newsletters, and materials for social media, fundraising,
and internal communications
• Manage website design and content
• Fact-check forthcoming books from Bold Type Books
• Produce internal research documents
• Coordinate award submissions for
Type Investigations stories
Type Investigations Contract Researcher (July 2016 – May 2019)
• Contributed research and reporting to long-term
investigations from early stages through publication
• Built and managed databases on data journalism projects
• Filed public records requests, worked with research
databases, and combed contracts and tax documents
• Fact-checked complex investigative pieces, occasionally
working with legal counsel to libel-proof stories
THE NATION New York, NY
Temporary Web Editor (Aug – Sept 2017, Jan 2018)
• Edited web articles by regular Nation contributors
• Managed social media, the website’s homepage, and
engagement analytics tracking
• Produced daily newsletters, web pieces, and podcasts
Temporary Research Editor (Aug – Sept 2017, Jan 2018)
• Filled in for director of The Nation’s internship program
and trained early career journalists in fact-checking
• Packaged articles, wrote heds/deks, and approved images
• Managed the magazine’s fact-checking process around a
time-sensitive print schedule
• Fact-checked articles for print and web
• Offered support with web production, copyediting,
research for columnists, and photo research
• Wrote sidebars for print
• Produced and managed newsletter sends
• Fact-checked and edited stories, interviews, and
podcast transcripts
• Managed submissions inbox and back issue archives
EDUCATION
EARLHAM COLLEGE Aug 2012 – May 2015
BA with departmental honors in Peace & Global Studies
FREELANCE
July 2016 – Present
• Fact-checking for Type Investigations, Vice, The Verge, The
Week, Dissent, Political Research Associates, and more
• Research support for authors, journalists, publishers, and
newsrooms, including Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, The
Intercept, City Limits, Reveal, The Nation, and more
WRITING
“Spectre in the Machine,” Logic, Nov 2020
“Networked Up,” The Baffler, Jan 2020
“Global Internet Access Is Not A Zero Sum Game,”
The Nation, May 2019
“Twitch Crosses the Picket,” The Nation, Nov 2018
“Can We Scale Down Big Tech?” Dissent, Nov 2018
For selected work, see: evanmalmgren.tumblr.com
SKILLS
• Effective and conscientious communicator
• Meticulous and attentive to detail
• Extensive investigative research and fact-checking
experience
• Familiarity with research tools including ProPublica’s
nonprofit explorer, the FEC campaign finance database,
LexisNexis, PACER, microform archives, and more
• Comfortable with juggling numerous roving deadlines
• Snappy, vivid copywriting
• Web production, including experience with numerous
WordPress themes and other CMS tools
• Social media, including analytics platforms like Chartbeat
• Publicity research experience, including familiarity with
Edelweiss, Cision, and more