Marianna Spring
Marianna Spring is an award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster.
In 2020, Marianna was appointed as the BBC’s first disinformation and social media reporter. By 2024, her role had evolved into social media investigations correspondent. She focuses on exposing the real-world impact of online misinformation, conspiracy theories, hate and algorithms.
Marianna has fronted multiple high-profile investigations for BBC Panorama, BBC Three and BBC Radio 4. These include the podcast series Marianna in Conspiracyland investigating the UK conspiracy theory movement, as well as Why Do You Hate Me series, interrogating extraordinary cases of social media hate and harm. For BBC Panorama, she has exposed the impact of social media on teenagers, the tactics of conspiracy theorists targeting survivors of terror attacks, the evolution of Twitter after Elon Musk bought the site - and explored the rise of online abuse against women. She is co-host of the BBC’s Americast podcast and offers wider analysis of how social media feeds are impacting society, democracy and elections.
Marianna has been named Best Host at both the ARIAS and British Podcast Awards. Her first book Among the Trolls: My Journey Through Conspiracyland was published in 2024 by Atlantic.
Television
| The TikTok Effect Reporter | The TikTok Effect - Reporter | BBC Three | 2023 |
| A Social Media Murder: Olly's Story Reporter | A Social Media Murder: Olly's Story - Reporter | Panorama, BBC One | 2022 |
| Disaster Deniers: Hunting the Trolls Reporter | Disaster Deniers: Hunting the Trolls - Reporter | Panorama, BBC One | 2022 |
| Vaccines: The Disinformation War Reporter | Vaccines: The Disinformation War - Reporter | Panorama, BBC One | 2021 |
| Online Abuse: Why Do You Hate Me? Reporter | Online Abuse: Why Do You Hate Me? - Reporter | Panorama, BBC One | 2021 |
Radio
| Americast Co-host | Americast - Co-host | BBC Radio 4 | 2022 — 2025 |
| Marianna in Conspiracyland USA Presenter | Marianna in Conspiracyland USA - Presenter | BBC Radio 4 | 2024 |
| Marianna In Conspiracyland Presenter | Marianna In Conspiracyland - Presenter | BBC Radio 4 | 2023 |
| Death By Conspiracy Presenter | Death By Conspiracy - Presenter | BBC Radio 4 | 2022 |
| War on Truth Presenter | War on Truth - Presenter | BBC Radio 4 | 2022 |
| Disaster Trolls Presenter | Disaster Trolls - Presenter | BBC Radio 4 | 2022 |
| BBC Trending: The Anti-Vax Files Presenter | BBC Trending: The Anti-Vax Files - Presenter | BBC World Service | 2021 |
| BBC Trending: The Denial Files Presenter | BBC Trending: The Denial Files - Presenter | BBC World Service | 2021 |
| How to Cure Viral Misinformation Presenter | How to Cure Viral Misinformation - Presenter | BBC Radio 4 | 2020 |
Books
News
31st March 2025 We are proud to welcome Marianna Spring to KBJ Management |
Podcasts
  What happened to the people who fell down the rabbit hole into a world of conspiracy theories? How far have they fallen – and how far will they go? In this 10-part series, the BBC’s Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent Marianna Spring investigates the legacy left by the rise in conspiracy movements in the UK and the media machine at its heart.   | |
  The online world can be a breeding ground for hate. But why do some people behave the way they do on social media? In each episode, the BBC's Disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring - one of the most trolled BBC journalists - dives into her inbox and investigates a different extraordinary case of online hate to find out. | |
  The home of Marianna Spring's social media and disinformation investigations for BBC Radio 4, with new series 'Why Do You Hate Me? USA | |
  Americast is the authoritative US news and politics podcast from the BBC. | |