Ruairí Alfredo Arrieta-Kenna
Journalist, based in Singapore
about me
(my first name is pronounced like ruhr-ree)
(my first name is pronounced like ruhr-ree)
Since 2022, I’ve been the editor of TIME’s Asia-Pacific bureau, responsible for steering the publication’s coverage of the region and overseeing global overnight news—journalism that spans every topic from politics to culture and society—both for the digital site and print magazine. In addition to managing reporters in the region, I also work with colleagues in the U.S. and London on enterprise, Ideas essays (op-eds), and TIME lists (i.e. TIME100, Next Generation Leaders, etc.).
I was previously based in Washington, D.C., where I worked for POLITICO Magazine from 2016 to 2022, first as a researcher and ultimately as an associate editor, with a focus on enterprise, visual/interactive features, and analysis. At POLITICO, I wrote and edited stories on immigration, climate, criminal justice, activism, media, law, and more. I also oversaw the magazine's production, factchecking, and freelance administration, and I managed its internship program, among other responsibilities.
Much earlier, I interned at Vox.com—covering energy and the environment, politics and policy, and health and science—and I studied at Stanford University, where I launched and led a student magazine that published one of the year’s best pieces of local reporting, according to Longreads. Born and raised in Los Angeles, I’m a proud member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and a dual Irish citizen.
I was previously based in Washington, D.C., where I worked for POLITICO Magazine from 2016 to 2022, first as a researcher and ultimately as an associate editor, with a focus on enterprise, visual/interactive features, and analysis. At POLITICO, I wrote and edited stories on immigration, climate, criminal justice, activism, media, law, and more. I also oversaw the magazine's production, factchecking, and freelance administration, and I managed its internship program, among other responsibilities.
Much earlier, I interned at Vox.com—covering energy and the environment, politics and policy, and health and science—and I studied at Stanford University, where I launched and led a student magazine that published one of the year’s best pieces of local reporting, according to Longreads. Born and raised in Los Angeles, I’m a proud member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and a dual Irish citizen.
Selected Editing
TIME:
Joseph Schooling’s Rise, Retirement, and Reflections on Life After Gold [By Koh Ewe / Singapore | 19 August 2024]
‘Absolutely Insufficient’: How Data Restrictions and Funding Constraints Hamper South Korea’s Suicide Prevention Efforts [By Michael Mitsanas and Chou Lee / Seoul | 12 June 2024]
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Is Giving a Once Pacifist Japan a More Assertive Role on the Global Stage [By Charlie Campbell / Tokyo | 9 May 2023]
The U.S. Military’s Legacy in the Philippines: Thousands of Children Left Behind [By Chad de Guzman / Olongapo City, Philippines | 30 April 2023]
POLITICO:
The Crisis Facing Nursing Homes, Assisted Living and Home Care for America’s Elderly [By Alexandra Moe | 28 July 2022]
‘No Place for a Child’: 1 in 3 Migrants Held in Border Patrol Facilities Is a Minor [By Anna Flagg and Julia Preston | 16 June 2022]
Trump Didn’t Win the Latino Vote in Texas. He Won the Tejano Vote. [By Jack Herrera / Zapata, Texas | 17 November 2020]
‘Like Petri Dishes for the Virus’: ICE Detention Centers Threaten the Rural South [By Gaby del Valle and Jack Herrera / Natchez, Miss. | 5 May 2020]
Joseph Schooling’s Rise, Retirement, and Reflections on Life After Gold [By Koh Ewe / Singapore | 19 August 2024]
‘Absolutely Insufficient’: How Data Restrictions and Funding Constraints Hamper South Korea’s Suicide Prevention Efforts [By Michael Mitsanas and Chou Lee / Seoul | 12 June 2024]
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Is Giving a Once Pacifist Japan a More Assertive Role on the Global Stage [By Charlie Campbell / Tokyo | 9 May 2023]
The U.S. Military’s Legacy in the Philippines: Thousands of Children Left Behind [By Chad de Guzman / Olongapo City, Philippines | 30 April 2023]
POLITICO:
The Crisis Facing Nursing Homes, Assisted Living and Home Care for America’s Elderly [By Alexandra Moe | 28 July 2022]
‘No Place for a Child’: 1 in 3 Migrants Held in Border Patrol Facilities Is a Minor [By Anna Flagg and Julia Preston | 16 June 2022]
Trump Didn’t Win the Latino Vote in Texas. He Won the Tejano Vote. [By Jack Herrera / Zapata, Texas | 17 November 2020]
‘Like Petri Dishes for the Virus’: ICE Detention Centers Threaten the Rural South [By Gaby del Valle and Jack Herrera / Natchez, Miss. | 5 May 2020]
Selected Writing
POLITICO:
When the Unstoppable Activists Met Their Match [5 November 2021]
The Education of Josh Hawley [with Emily Cadei | 19 January 2021]
Inside the Activist Boot Camp Trying to Reshape the 2020 Election and the Future of Climate Politics [16 June 2019]
‘Oh Man, I Guess We’ve Won This Thing’ [7 November 2016]
When the Unstoppable Activists Met Their Match [5 November 2021]
The Education of Josh Hawley [with Emily Cadei | 19 January 2021]
Inside the Activist Boot Camp Trying to Reshape the 2020 Election and the Future of Climate Politics [16 June 2019]
‘Oh Man, I Guess We’ve Won This Thing’ [7 November 2016]
contact info
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work: [email protected]
personal: [email protected]
Cell/Signal/Telegram/WhatsApp Available Upon Request