Drew Harwell is a journalist at the Washington Post. He reports on how technology is reshaping modern life.

He writes about marathon streamers, far-right influencers, ICE propagandists, OnlyFans millionaires, runaway princesses, AI slop farmers, X clippers, TikTok stars, MAGA investors, FaceApp dads, Trump defectors, rioter hunters, doorbell voyeurs, robot coworkers and surveilled summer campers, among other topics.

His work has been honored by the Gerald Loeb (2022, 2024), George Polk (2021) and Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (2023, 2025, 2026) awards. He was a Livingston finalist in 2022.