About
A magazine about the texture of now.
GRAIN was founded on a single conviction: that intelligent, beautifully written journalism about culture, ideas, and everyday life is not a luxury — it is a necessity. That the examined life requires a press willing to examine it.
Our Mission
GRAIN publishes long-form journalism and essays on art, design, food, technology, society, and the life of ideas. We are not a news publication. We do not chase the breaking story, the trending topic, or the timely take. We are interested in something harder to find and, we believe, more durable: the piece that tells you something true about the world you are actually living in.
We publish slowly, deliberately, in the belief that good writing requires time — to report, to think, to revise. We take pains with language. We care about sentences. We believe that style is not decoration but argument, and that the way a thing is said changes what is being said.
GRAIN is free to read. We are sustained by readers who choose to subscribe to our newsletter and by the occasional grant or partnership that aligns with our independence and values. We do not take advertising. We do not track our readers. We do not sell their data.
Editorial Standards
Every piece published in GRAIN is fact-checked, edited, and copyedited. We do not publish rumor, speculation dressed as analysis, or content marketing. All writers are identified by their real names and credentials. Conflicts of interest are disclosed.
We correct errors promptly and prominently. If you believe something we have published is factually incorrect, please write to us at corrections@grain.magazine. We take corrections seriously.
GRAIN maintains full editorial independence from its funders and partners. No funder has ever reviewed, approved, or influenced any editorial content. This is not an aspiration — it is a structural condition of how we operate.
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Editor in Chief
Elena Marchetti
Elena has been a magazine editor for twenty years. She was previously deputy editor at The Believer and a contributing editor at n+1. She founded GRAIN in 2024.
Managing Editor
David Osei-Mensah
David oversees the day-to-day operations of the magazine, from commissioning to production. He was previously managing editor at Prospect and an editor at the Times Literary Supplement.
Deputy Editor, Arts & Culture
Rosalind Park
Rosalind edits GRAIN's Art, Design, and Essays sections. She has written criticism for Artforum, frieze, and The New Yorker, and is the author of two books on contemporary visual culture.
Deputy Editor, Society & Ideas
Marcus Fleury
Marcus edits GRAIN's Technology, Society, and Food sections. He was previously a staff writer at The Atlantic and a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Contact
For editorial enquiries, pitches, and press matters, please write to editorial@grain.magazine.
For letters to the editors, please write to letters@grain.magazine. We read every letter, though we cannot respond to all of them.
GRAIN is published from London and New York.