Drew Harwell is a journalist at the Washington Post. He reports on how technology is reshaping modern life.
He has written about 24/7 streamers, OnlyFans millionaires, runaway princesses, AI obituaries, slop farmers, Jan. 6 influencers, X clippers, TikTok stars, MAGA investors, FaceApp dads, Trump defectors, riot hunters, doorbell voyeurs, robot coworkers and surveilled summer campers, among other things.
His work has been honored by the Gerald Loeb (2022, 2024), George Polk (2021) and Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (2023, 2025) awards. He was a Livingston finalist in 2022.
Recent media
Power User, It's Been a Minute, What Next, Nieman Storyboard, Chris Hayes, On the Media, Fresh Air, CBC News, 1A, ABC News, Marketplace, Press Play, Post Reports, Alex Wagner, Poynter, The New Abnormal
Recent work
DHS' misleading videos, nonconsensual resurrection, TikTok billionaires, terminally online, comment wars, anger machine, face scanners, Trump's woke bot, creator propaganda, deportation memes, influencer in chief, $Trump's collapse
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