Antonia Williams has a background in journalism, although she is currently studying for her Master’s Degree in War Studies at King’s College London. She previously worked in the press office of the Center for American Studies where she coordinated conferences with leading Italian companies on geopolitics, international diplomacy, artificial intelligence ned cybersecurity. She worked extensively with the US Embassy in Rome, curating close-door roundtables with Italian Ministers and US delegations.

She also wrote on politics and social issues in Lebanon for the Institute for International Political Studies, in Milan. 

Based in Beirut from 2017 to 2020, she was regional editor and online assistant editor at the Lebanese English-language newspaper The Daily Star. She also covered Lebanon’s anti-government protests, political and economic tensions and the Beirut port explosion for the news website Beirut Today.

Williams has also written on human rights and mental health issues in Lebanon and on the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.  Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Open Democracy, Asia Times, the Christian Science Monitor and Huffington Post. She appeared on Italy’s Rai state television and La7, a private TV network, reporting on the Beirut port blast.