Katherine Martinko is a professional editor and writer with 12 years of experience in digital publishing. Her skills were honed at Dotdash Meredith, where she worked as a senior editor and columnist at Treehugger, a major environmental news website, managing a team of writers and a busy editorial calendar.

She is a guest contributor to the Globe and Mail newspaper and to Jonathan Haidt’s Substack newsletter, After Babel. Her work has appeared in the Toronto Star, CBC Radio and National TV, Motherly, Medium, Huffington Post, TLC, Taunton Press, Green Child magazine, Atlanta Parent magazine, West Coast Families, and other publications and platforms. Katherine has worked as a freelance editor for major brands, including Martha Stewart, Allrecipes, Angi, and Discovery Network. She was a staff writer for Where Parents Talk, a Canadian podcast.

Her first book, Childhood Unplugged: Practical Advice to Get Kids Off Screens and Find Balance, launched in July 2023 from New Society Publishers. It was shortlisted for the Foreword Indies Awards 2023 and has several translations in the works. She makes regular appearances on national TV and radio stations, as well as podcasts across Canada and the U.S. 

An award-winning public speaker now working on behalf of The Anxious Generation campaign, Katherine gives presentations to community groups and schools about how to curb families’ device use, get outside, embrace risky play, and build independence and resilience.

An honours graduate of the University of Toronto, Katherine is also a classically trained violinist. She speaks four languages (Portuguese, Italian, French, English) and is a former Rotary Club exchange student to Sardinia. In her personal life, Katherine enjoys volunteering in her community; she spearheaded a refugee sponsorship effort that fundraised $100K in three months to resettle newcomers in her small town. She likes cooking, reading, working out, and riding her orange electric cargo bicycle.

Katherine writes about digital minimalism, parenting, travel, food, books, and more in her popular email newsletter, The Analog Family. Please reach out if you are interested in booking her for a speaking event.