Mike Wendling is US National Digital Reporter for the BBC, based in Chicago. In 2020, he co-founded of the BBC News disinformation unit and was editor and presenter of Trending, the BBC World Service show that covers the world of social media.

Prior to that he was a radio producer and reporter based in London.

He has decades of experience covering extremism, the American far right, social media and disinformation.

His latest stories can be found via Muck Rack.

You can contact him here.