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Marty Swant

Marty Swant is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist covering the intersection of technology, advertising, media, and policy. His recent stories on AI, antitrust, and other news have appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, Inc., Adweek, VentureBeat, and Transformer. Marty focuses on the hidden mechanics of marketing, innovation and digital power — from AI and data privacy regulations to political advertising and online misinformation. Previously, he spent more than a decade on staff at Digiday, Forbes, Adweek, the Associated Press and various newspapers.