Marianna Spring is the BBC’s social media investigations correspondent and an award-winning journalist. She presents podcasts and documentaries investigating the real-world consequences of what's unfolding on social media - disinformation, hate, algorithms - for BBC Radio 4, BBC Panorama and BBC Three. Her latest series include Marianna in Conspiracyland and Why Do You Hate Me. She is also one of the presenters of the BBC's Americast podcast. She has been named Best Host at both the ARIAS and British Podcast Awards. Her first book Among the Trolls: My Journey Through Conspiracyland was published in 2024 by Atlantic.