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. GLAAD nominated me for “Best Feature Writing.”

I am the Editorial Director of PLAY, a cookbook-magazine that has been featured in Harper Collins’ “Best Food Writing of 2025” essay collection. I also publish The Sun Will Rise, a weekly newsletter that examines current events through a prism of hope.

I have spoken on panels about storytelling across the United States, including Water Street Projects, the University of California Los Angeles, the National Endowment for the Arts, and more. Prior to becoming a journalist, I was an educator, and still regularly teach creative writing classes. In 2019, I was a Fulbright scholar in Malaysia.