Mike Wendling Explained

Mike Wendling is a BBC journalist, with the job title US National Digital Reporter, and author of the book Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House.^[1] He is a former editor of BBC Trending and was part of the team which covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election.^{[2] [3]} In 2016, Wendling wrote about subjects including American right-wing social media star Tomi Lahren^[4] and a factory that was the first to outsource jobs away from the United States.^[5]

He was also contacted by the American terrorist Joshua Ryne Goldberg,^[6] and interviewed antifa activists and Proud Boys members in Portland, Oregon.^[7]

He is based in Chicago and is originally from western New York State.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. News: Cooper . Ryan . A Political Movement, Defining Itself by What It Hates . The New York Times . 6 April 2018 . 8 October 2019.
2. Web site: About Mike Wendling . Pluto Press . 8 October 2019.
3. News: Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House review – in search of a rightwing rabble. Bartlett. Jamie. 2018-04-23. The Observer. 2019-10-20. 0029-7712.
4. News: Tomi Lahren: the young Republican who's bigger than Trump on Facebook. Wendling. Mike. 2016-11-30. BBC. 2020-01-10.
5. News: US Election 2016: The factory that symbolises Donald Trump's appeal. Wendling. Mike. 2016-11-04. BBC. 2020-01-10.
6. News: Neo-Nazi, radical feminist and violent jihadist - all at once. Wendling. Mike. 2015-09-21. BBC. 2020-01-10.
7. News: Proud Boys and antifa: When a right-wing activist met a left-wing anti-fascist. Wendling. Mike. 2019-03-08. BBC. 2020-01-10.
8. News: How the fairytale of New York can become a nightmare. Wendling. Mike. 2016-11-30. BBC. 2014-12-28.
9. News: Fraser . Katie . Pluto Press lands Wendling's 'chilling' exposé of the far right . 17 May 2024 . The Bookseller . 20 October 2023 . En.