Jared Holt is Senior Research Manager at ISD, working on the topics of hate and extremism. Jared has spent his career as a researcher and journalist covering the overlap between online spaces and political extremism in the United States. His background includes time working at The Atlantic Council’s DFRLab as a resident fellow, Right Wing Watch as an investigative reporter, and Media Matters for America as a researcher. In addition to those roles, his work has been published in national US publications including The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, HuffPost, and GEN Magazine. Jared is a widely recognized expert on political extremism in the United States, often providing commentary and analysis to national media outlets and changemakers. He is based in Chicago.

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