Hi! My name is Colleen Hamilton, and I’m a multimedia journalist.

My reporting has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, Teen Vogue, Fast Company, VICE, The Nation, Them, Time Out, and The Food Section, among many other publications.

I primarily cover climate, culture, and their intersections, from how we eat to what we wear. I recently completed a year-long fellowship with Teen Vogue and the Solutions Journalism Network, where I wrote viral stories about how young people are organizing in response to the climate crisis. My work has been nominated by GLAAD for “Best Feature Writing.”

I’m the Editorial Director of PLAY—the cookbook-magazine featured in HarperCollins’ Best Food Writing of 2025 anthology— and write The Sun Will Rise, a weekly newsletter that explores politics and culture through a prism of hope.

In addition to my writing, I regularly speak on panels about climate and culture, including events hosted by the University of California, Los Angeles, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Water Street Projects. Prior to becoming a journalist, I worked in education, and continue to teach creative writing classes. In 2019, I was a Fulbright scholar in Malaysia.