Madeleine Pollard is a Berlin-based culture writer and editor. She covers art and photography, with a focus on stories surrounding identity, intimacy, community, fantasy, and archival imagery. Her work has been featured in Dazed, i-D, AnOther, British Journal of Photography, Office Magazine, Elephant, FT Weekend, Monocle, The Economist, and The Independent, among others.

She has edited and proofread manuscripts for the likes of Penguin Random House, and is an experienced fact-checker and researcher, having worked in the newsrooms of the Financial Times, the London Evening Standard, Monocle Radio, and the BBC. From 2021 to 2023, she was the assistant editor of Die Zeit’s annual English-language magazine, ZEIT Germany. 

Madeleine published her first prose-poetry zine, 𝔭𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔰, in spring 2024, and runs a seasonal reading night at Backhaus Projects in Neukölln.

Editorial clients include: AnOther, BBC, Bitch Media, British Journal of Photography, Byline, Dazed, Deutschlandfunk, Die Zeit, Elephant, ES Magazine, EXBERLINER Magazine, Financial Times, i-D, KALTBLUT Magazine, Limna Journal, MAP Magazine, MetFilm Production, Monocle, Penguin Random House, Plinth UK, Office Magazine, Refuge Worldwide, Saraband Publishing, Tes Magazine, The Economist, The Independent, The Isis Magazine, VICE, YUN Journal.