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Maddie John

Maddie John
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Location
London
Education
London University
Expertise

Student news, UCL, student politics, London news, European politics, and Eastern and Central European history

  • Maddie is News Editor of The London Tab, going into her final year of studies at UCL after a year abroad in Warsaw, Poland
  • Maddie writes a variety of articles across multiple sections, from listicles and fun features to student protests and hard-hitting campus news
  • Aside from her studies and The London Tab, Maddie works as a specialty barista and has a strong interest in the London coffee scene (in a non-insufferable way)

Experience

Before she became News Editor in 2025, Maddie joined the team in 2023, writing both features and news before being promoted to Features Editor in February 2024. She also writes for her university's largest journalism society, Pi Media, mainly with a focus on European politics.

Education

Maddie is working towards her undergraduate degree at UCL in History (Central and Eastern Europe) and Jewish Studies, at the only department of its kind in the UK. She specialises in modern political history, with particular regard to Eastern European and Jewish history in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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