Lauren Hopkins got her start covering sports for blogs and newspapers as a college freshman. She began her own multimedia coverage website The Gymternet in 2014 and as Editor-in-Chief, she has traveled the world, aiming to bring the very best coverage, interviews, features, and opinion pieces from the people who really “get” gymnastics – other gym fans.

In 2016, Lauren worked as a writer and producer for NBC's live coverage of the Olympic Games, winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage as part of the NBCOlympics.com team. She has written two YA novels about elite gymnastics, with a third on the way in 2018.

A New England native, Lauren graduated with a BA from Columbia University in 2014. She lives in New York City.