Iona Italia is Managing Editor of Quillette and a former Editor-in-Chief of Areo. We talked to her about her life and career; the virtues of letter-writing; and her work with heterodox online publications like Areo and, now, Quillette.

Iona' Substack: https://www.drionaitalia.com/

Jamie Palmer's long-read on the lab-leak hypothesis: https://quillette.com/2023/08/19/the-lab-leak-illusion/
Iona's writing for Quillette: https://quillette.com/author/iona/
James' writing for Quillette: https://quillette.com/author/james-kierstead/