About me

I write about artificial intelligence, deception, social media and surveillance for the Washington Post.

Awards

• SABEW Award honors, best range of work, 2023
• Livingston Award finalist, 2022
• Polk Award team winner, Pegasus Project, 2021

Let's talk

• Email me at [email protected].
• Text me on Signal at @drewharwell.01.
• I also post on Bluesky, Mastodon and Threads.

Newsletter

• I run this site on Ghost. Here's the RSS.
• The icon is by Brock Lefferts.
• The cover photo is from Jascha Sohl-Dickstein's neural-network research.

Recent interviews

• April 16, 2024: The Daily Beast's The New Abnormal about Truth Social.
• April 3, 2024: MSNBC's Alex Wagner about Trump Media.
• March 13, 2024: WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show about TikTok.
• March 6, 2024: Poynter's National Advisory Board about AI.
• Feb. 23, 2024: North Carolina Rabbit Hole about Beastville.
• Jan. 17, 2024: Nieman Storyboard about sex influencers.
• Nov. 17, 2023: WNYC's On the Media about TikTok.
• Nov. 9, 2023: NPR's Marketplace about the creator economy.