Teddy “T.M.” Brown is a senior reporter for CNN, contributing across the network’s Features verticals, including entertainment, sports, style, and health.

Before joining CNN in 2026, Brown was a regular contributor to The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Yorker, reporting on a wide range of topics, from the rise in recreational steroid use to an international feud between museums dedicated to techno.

Brown’s reporting focuses on the intersection of social media, technology, and culture, examining how digital forces shape modern life. His work has also appeared in GQ, The Atlantic, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone, where he has covered topics ranging from reality television to the influence of algorithms on housing and consumer prices, as well as profiling musicians.

Brown is based in New York.