SHANNON CONNELLAN

Shannon Connellan is an Australian, UK-based editor, journalist, and critic.

Shannon is Mashable’s Senior Editor, formerly UK and Australia Editor. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror, and loves to nerd out with movie stars, filmmakers, and TV creators.

She was Managing Editor of Concrete Playground, a producer at New York's East Village Radio and presenter at Sydney's FBi Radio, where she also ran the office, and edited the blog. and she works in a bookshop where no paperback is safe.

Shannon regularly runs the gamut on topics from space trash to Lyonel Baratheon, the best shows on TV, saying 'hi' in Heartstopper, the rise of drag on Twitch, Bridgerton and the 'yearnaissance', FBI-foiling iPhone modes, aliens, Riz Ahmed's TV show, Viking teeth tattoos, impeccable sound design, Big Tech outages, the Creel House, Malala Yousafzai's book club, Australian feminist noir, meditation apps, knitwear on Only Murders in the Building, climate change docs, Mars mission launches, Keanu Reeves' graphic novel, Uber Boat, Steve McQueen docs, sustainable design, non-dinosaurs, must-read books, and reviewing retro-magical tech.