Paige Marie Oamek is a writer, fact-checker, and editor in Brooklyn (by way of Iowa).

Paige is currently a research editor at WIRED magazine. Their writing has appeared in The Nation, In These Times, The New Republic, The American Prospect, The Cleveland Review of Books, and more.

Paige is a masters student at the CUNY Newmark School of Journalism with a specialization in data and business reporting. She additionally serves as the podcast producer for The Bitchuation Room and most recently assisted the audience and breaking news teams at The New Republic magazine for the 2024 election cycle.

Paige writes about politics, homelessness, labor, and business with an eye toward technology’s role. She also co-hosts the podcast Unsheltered and writes the weekly newsletter The First Word.

WRITING AND RESEARCH