Megan Garber is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Focusing on technology, culture, and the intersection between the two, she has written about everything from the history of applause to the future of space travel for theatlantic.com and the magazine. Megan Garber was formerly a media reporter for Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab and a media critic for the Columbia Journalism Review, serving as founding editor for the website’s news innovation section. She is the recipient of a Mirror Award for excellence in media reporting. Garber holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia, where she was later an adjunct Professor. ^[1]