Summary
Madeline Earp is a Public Interest Tech Consultant with eight years of experience at the intersection of digital security, journalism, and human rights, now working with International Media Support. She has led global reporting and editorial work on surveillance, censorship, harassment, and digital safety for organizations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists and Freedom House, translating technical threats into practical guidance for journalists and NGOs. Madeline combines field research, user testing, and content-as-code practices to design usable security documentation and information architectures for at-risk users. She is skilled at bridging technologists and reporters across time zones and languages, having managed multilingual projects and trained stakeholders across Asia. Known for anticipating emerging threats (spyware, middleboxes, digital forensics) and reframing them for nontechnical audiences, she helps organizations prioritize societal benefit over profit in communication systems. Her academic background in East Asian studies and English underpins nuanced regional analysis and clear, persuasive writing.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BA, English, BA, English at University of Cambridge
MA, East Asian Studies, MA, East Asian Studies at Harvard University
English, Chinese, French, German, Italian