Drew Harwell

ABOUT

I write about how tech is changing society for the Washington Post.

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STORIES

25-03: Meme state media

25-01: Elon the gamer

25-01: TikTok's age of chaos

25-01: Big Tech bends the knee

24-11: "Shoot him dead"

24-09: Feral 25-year-olds

24-08: Age scanners

24-07: Project Coconut

24-04: When God says to invest

24-02: "Fetish for superyachts"

23-11: OnlyFans empire

23-11: Life in Beastville

23-10: "You are the content"

23-10: Brutal voyeurism

23-07: Rage bait

23-04: Life after Truth Social

23-04: AI girl next door

23-02: Prompt whisperers

22-10: Sorry you went viral

22-10: How TikTok ate the web

22-09: Twitter on Jan. 6

22-09: The art machine

22-04: Scanning the dead

22-03: Meta's secret lobbyists

21-12: Twitch millionaire

21-10: Suburban paranoia

21-07: Princess escape

21-05: Fantasy world

21-04: Sedition hunters

20-11: "Is it okay if I cry?"

20-02: Neighborhood watch

19-08: Face scan summer camp

19-06: The worker machines

19-04: Menstrual surveillance

18-12: Deepfake misogyny

18-12: Perfect babysitter

18-02: Inventing a conspiracy

17-07: Ivanka Inc.

17-02: "Do what he wanted"

16-06: Trump's public disaster

INTERVIEWS

25-01: CBC News

25-01: NPR's 1A

24-12: WNYC's On the Media

24-11: ABC News

24-10: NPR's 1A

24-09: Fox's Battleground

24-08: NPR's Marketplace

24-08: KCRW's Press Play

24-07: Slate's What Next

24-06: Post Reports

24-05: NPR's Fresh Air

24-04: MSNBC's Chris Hayes

24-04: The New Abnormal

24-04: MSNBC's Alex Wagner

24-03: WNYC's Brian Lehrer

24-03: Poynter

24-01: Nieman Storyboard

AWARDS

2025: SABEW honors, markets

2024: Loeb honors, feature

2023: SABEW honors, best range

2022: Livingston finalist

2022: Loeb finalist, international

2021: Polk winner, tech reporting