Ashley Belanger

Ashley Belanger is a Senior Policy Reporter at Ars Technica, specializing in news and feature stories on technology policy since June 2022. Previously, Ashley served as a Fact Checker at Scientific American and was a Project Fellow at The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Notable earlier roles include Staff Writer at MeTV, Communications Specialist at Pearson, and Associate Editor at Orlando Weekly, where responsibilities included coordinating local music coverage and managing freelancers. Ashley also held editorial positions at Get in Media, Marketing Zeus, and Educator Studio, overseeing content and guiding freelance contributors. Academic credentials include a Graduate Program in Science Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Florida.