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 farms, surveilled princesses, Jan. 6 influencers, X clippers, AI whisperers, TikTok stars, faith investors, FaceApp maskers, Trump defectors, riot hunters, robot coworkers and smile scanners, 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
Nieman Storyboard, Chris Hayes, On the Media, Fresh Air, CBC News, NPR's 1A, ABC News, Slate's What Next, Marketplace, Press Play, Post Reports, Alex Wagner, Poynter, The New Abnormal
Recent work
Influencer-in-chief, Trumpcoin collapse, meme state media, Elon the gamer, feral 25-year-olds, authoritarian nightmare
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