Graig Graziosi
Graig Graziosi traces how US politics, conspiracy movements and economic pressure bear down on everyday life, reporting for The Independent on US politics, disinformation, crime and the climate crisis. His work sits at the intersection of national politics and the forces of poverty, class, race, technology and ideological extremism. He combines daily news reporting with longer-running investigations, carrying political stories through their social and human consequences.
National politics, conspiracies and far-right media
Graziosi’s core focus is national politics and the spread of disinformation around it. He covers the QAnon movement as a political and cultural force, tracking how conspiracy narratives migrate from fringe online spaces into mainstream discourse.
His reporting on far-right media figures examines the personalities and platforms that help move those narratives into wider audiences.
He returns to the same movements over time rather than treating them as one-off controversies, building a running account of how ideological extremism evolves. Across this work he foregrounds the connections between political messaging, media ecosystems and the material lives of people affected by extremist ideas.
Crime, public safety and missing persons
Crime and public safety are another steady strand in Graziosi’s coverage, often linked back to politics and media. He has produced months-long reporting on the disappearance of Gabby Petito, following the case through investigation, public reaction and the role of national media attention. That coverage shows a willingness to stay with a crime story beyond initial headlines, documenting both procedural developments and shifts in public narrative. One of his articles explores fears around hantavirus after a suspected case in California, illustrating his readiness to cover emerging health concerns alongside his crime and politics reporting. He treats crime and missing persons both as news events and as windows into how institutions, media and communities respond under pressure.
Economy, technology and climate stress
Graziosi regularly writes about economic strain and technology, especially where they intersect with work and class.
In a piece on artificial intelligence and management, he reports on corporate leaders who acknowledge that AI tools allow companies to employ fewer middle managers, probing what that means for white-collar workers and workplace power. His reporting on fuel prices, including a story about gas station displays struggling to fit soaring figures, uses concrete, visual details to make national cost-of-living pressures legible. Alongside these economic stories he covers the climate crisis as part of his beat, treating climate change not only as an environmental issue but as a driver of inequality and political conflict.
This cluster of work links technology, climate and the economy, showing how policy decisions and corporate choices translate into daily stresses for workers and households.
Reporting approach and background
Graziosi brings a mix of city reporting and national analysis to his current role.
He has previously worked as a city news reporter and has experience across courts, crime and business beats, which informs his attention to legal process, local institutions and economic context in national stories. His bylines include work for outlets such as VICE and the Columbia Journalism Review, extending his reporting beyond straight news into media and industry-focused coverage.
He has received awards for business and enterprise reporting, signalling strength in longer-form, investigative work as well as daily news. In professional profiles he describes a focus on national politics and the intersection of poverty with class, race, technology, climate change and ideological extremism, and that framing is visible across his output for The Independent. The result is coverage that moves between breaking news, explanatory pieces and extended investigations, with a consistent emphasis on how political and economic systems shape lived experience.
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