About

Adele Zeynep Walton is a British-Turkish journalist reporting on the human impacts of digital technology and social media, and the author of Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World.

Adele is also co-founder of Logging Off Club, a community that hosts smartphone free events across the UK. Born out of a conversation with friends as we each compared the ways we try to reclaim our attention from mindless scrolling, whether using blocking apps, switching to a dumphone or deleting accounts altogether, we realised that despite being part of the ‘digital’ generation, we’re just exhausted as everyone else. Now, we’ve grown a community of people who feel the same, to create space in our lives to centre connection, wellness and curiosity, without the distraction of notifications or screens.

Adele campaigns around online safety with Bereaved Families for Online Safety and Ctrl + Alt + Reclaim, is a youth ambassador with People Vs Big Tech and a fellow with Connected By Data.

A lifelong bookworm, Adele was Dazed’s first ever political book columnist between 2023 and 2024. She has collaborated on content with a range of publishers to promote political education and youth participation in positive social change, including Penguin, Verso Books, Pluto Press, SquarePeg, Left Book Club, Headline and more. She has over 3 million views and 500,000 likes on TikTok. Adele is also the Website Editor for Naked Politics.

Adele has a vast range of expertise in digital communications and PR, both in a freelance and in-house capacity, specialising in digital content strategy for progressive communications and campaigns. Charity work includes being Press Officer for Oxfam, Training Assistant for Friends, Families and Travellers, and volunteering with Amnesty, VSO, Wateraid, The World Transformed and Roma Support Group. Adele is a First Class graduate in International Development from the University of Sussex.

Adele is represented by Megan Staunton, at literary agency Bergstrom Studio.