Mina Seo is a data journalist and researcher who has spent the better part of a decade turning spreadsheets into stories and stories into things people actually read, which she considers the harder part. A former analyst at an institution whose name carries weight in certain rooms, Mina came to journalism sideways — through numbers, then context, then the uncomfortable realization that context is a form of opinion. She has since made peace with this. Her work focuses on economics, policy, and the gap between what governments measure and what they mean. She has been cited approvingly by people she disagrees with, which she accepts as an occupational hazard. At The Pressive, Mina brings a precision that balances the editorial team's more impressionistic tendencies — a role she did not apply for but has come to occupy by default. Her book, The Legible City, was published in 2022 to strong advance praise, moderate sales, and one review that confused her with a different Mina Seo entirely. The correct Mina Seo has not commented.
