Richard Haridy

About

Rich is a freelance writer and journalist based in Melbourne, Australia. His work focuses on science, technology and the new world of psychedelic medicine. Rich worked with the Science Journalists Association of Australia committee for a couple of years and is an experienced broadcaster, public speaker, and host.Originally completing a Media and Communications degree with grand plans to become a filmmaker, Rich quickly discovered he preferred writing about films over making them. Delving into the miasma of film theory, he completed an Honours thesis on the phenomenology of cinematic aesthetics before forgetting all the big academic words he previously learned and moving into the world of journalism.After working for several years as a freelance film journalist and critic, Rich wholeheartedly leapt into the mid-2010s infamous “pivot to video”, curating mixtape mash-up nights and programming content for film festivals. In 2016 he started working with science and technology news site New Atlas, and his writing quickly broadened to investigate the ways 21st century culture is influenced by tech advances. Rich also began chronicling the burgeoning “psychedelic renaissance” in science. After spending 15 years playing various roles in the psychedelic underground he watched this previously taboo field come out of the shadows and into mainstream culture.Now, Rich is working as a freelance science and technology writer. His current interests span everything from the increasingly commercial industry of psychedelic medicine, to the ways streaming media culture has transformed the film and TV industry. Contact Rich any commissions, opportunities or contract work.