Daria Bedenko

Daria is the editor-in-chief of Startefacts, who's been with the team for over 3 years. Enjoys writing a piece or two herself, when she's not too busy wading through fan theories, reviews, op-eds, and news articles.

Daria is forever a Team Iron Man person, a Schitt's Creek quote machine, a proud Hufflepuff with a Slytherin's wit; and her outie loves karaoke, good coffee, and memes. Her movie director pick would be Pedro Almodóvar for being bold, stylish, and unapologetically human. Compromise? Tarantino — because who can resist a foot-tapping, blood-spattered fever dream? Also, every single Pixar movie.

Experience

• 6 years in journalism, including 3+ years in entertainment news.

Expertise & favorite media

• Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Adult animation (Arcane, Love Death + Robots)
• Harry Potter universe
• Sitcoms (Schitt's Creek, The Office, Modern Family)
• Apple TV series (Severance, Silo, Ted Lasso)

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism (Moscow State University)
• Master's degree in Data Journalism (Higher School of Economics)
• Media Technology (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
• Film production (Russian State University of Cinematography)