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

He has written about AI obituary writers, 24/7 streamers, slop capitalists, OnlyFans farms, runaway princesses, Jan. 6 influencers, X clippers, prompt engineers, TikTok stars, MAGA investors, FaceApp maskers, Trump defectors, riot hunters, 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.

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