Parker Molloy is a Chicago-based writer and author of The Present Age, a newsletter about communication in a hyperconnected world. Between 2018 and 2021, Parker was editor-at-large at Media Matters for America, a non-profit media watchdog. There, she wrote about the role right-wing media played in the rise of Donald Trump and the creation of alternate perceived realities. Her work has also appeared places like The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, VICE, and The Verge.