“Vaccine conspiracies, like so much modern cult conspiracy culture, perpetuates itself and lives on indefinitely thanks to the community-building and archiving of the Internet.”

American journalist, writer, and editor

Alex Pareene is an American journalist, writer, and editor. He is known for his work at several online news outlets, including leading Gawker as editor-in-chief and later taking senior editorial roles at Deadspin and Splinter News. He later became a staff writer at The New Republic. His career has centered on political and media commentary across digital publications. By 2022, he was publishing The AP Newsletter, extending the same critical voice into newsletter form.