Joanna Pearlstein (@jopearl) is the former managing editor of Protocol. Prior to joining Protocol in 2019, she was a deputy editor at Wired, where she oversaw reporting standards, managed fact-checking, and directed the company’s editorial fellowship program. As a writer she specializes in data-driven stories about technology, business, and health, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, at Pop-Up Magazine, and anthologized in Best American Infographics.