John Mecklin

Editor in Chief, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

santa barbara, california, united states

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Specialties: Investigative reporting and editing, narrative journalism, magazine editing, the editing of experts, existential threats to humanity

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Introduction: Nuclear Risk - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

By John Mecklin | December 11, 2025 By John Mecklin | December 11, 2025 The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded very near the beginning of the nuclear age, just a few months after American atomic bombs decimated two Japanese cities at the end of... See more

thebulletin.org•John Mecklin•Dec 11, 2025

Ukraine's Energoatom, Holtec International, and the US retreat from fighting corruption abroad

In 2012, FBI agents stationed themselves in a Trump Tower apartment to wire up a senior official of FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, to record conversations that would become evidence for anti-bribery prosecutions . In 2018, Justice Department officia... See more

thebulletin.org•John Mecklin•Dec 3, 2025

A conversation with Kathryn Bigelow, director of 'A House of Dynamite,' and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

At one point in Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite , Captain Olivia Walker (played by Rebecca Ferguson) is overseeing the White House Situation Room as a single nuclear-armed missile streaks toward the American heartland. Amid tense efforts t... See more

thebulletin.org•John Mecklin•Oct 23, 2025

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Masters, Politics, Public Administration at Harvard UniversityGraduated: 1993

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology at Indiana University BloomingtonGraduated: 1990

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