Ronan Farrow
@ronanfarrow.bsky.social
Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
How Wall Street turns your monthly bills into its debt payments.
#News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #politics
#News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #politics
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
How Wall Street turns your monthly bills into its debt payments.
#News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #politics
#News #Finance #WallStreet #Debt #Infrastructure #politics
The White House just issued a sweeping federal directive transforming how dissent might be policed in the US—here’s why civil liberties groups are so alarmed.
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The White House just issued a sweeping federal directive transforming how dissent might be policed in the US—here’s why civil liberties groups are so alarmed.
The Pentagon is ordering journalists to sign a gag pledge—even with respect to gathering unclassified information. Here are the facts.
#Pentagon #Journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #Democracy #BreakingNews #NewsExplained
#Pentagon #Journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #Democracy #BreakingNews #NewsExplained
October 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Pentagon is ordering journalists to sign a gag pledge—even with respect to gathering unclassified information. Here are the facts.
#Pentagon #Journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #Democracy #BreakingNews #NewsExplained
#Pentagon #Journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #Democracy #BreakingNews #NewsExplained
The far right in America today: a quick primer. #Politics #Democracy
September 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The far right in America today: a quick primer. #Politics #Democracy
Social media algorithms push rage and division to keep us scrolling. Here’s how the business model works—and the law that allows it to continue. #Algorithms #SocialMedia #Radicalization #PoliticalViolence #TechPolicy #Section230
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Social media algorithms push rage and division to keep us scrolling. Here’s how the business model works—and the law that allows it to continue. #Algorithms #SocialMedia #Radicalization #PoliticalViolence #TechPolicy #Section230
Was the FCC’s pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air illegal? Here’s what the Constitution and Supreme Court say. #firstamendment #supremecourt #fcc #politics #news #jimmykimmel
September 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Was the FCC’s pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air illegal? Here’s what the Constitution and Supreme Court say. #firstamendment #supremecourt #fcc #politics #news #jimmykimmel
Who really profits from America's wars? Check out my new explainer on the defense lobby and tell me your thoughts in the comments. #News #Investigation #USA #War #Gaza
September 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Who really profits from America's wars? Check out my new explainer on the defense lobby and tell me your thoughts in the comments. #News #Investigation #USA #War #Gaza
Trump’s AI plan is here. What's in it, what does it leave out, and what happens to your job?
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPolicy #Jobs #Policy #DigitalEconomy #News #Explained #TechNews #OpenAI #Politics
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPolicy #Jobs #Policy #DigitalEconomy #News #Explained #TechNews #OpenAI #Politics
July 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trump’s AI plan is here. What's in it, what does it leave out, and what happens to your job?
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPolicy #Jobs #Policy #DigitalEconomy #News #Explained #TechNews #OpenAI #Politics
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPolicy #Jobs #Policy #DigitalEconomy #News #Explained #TechNews #OpenAI #Politics
I got an encrypted email from a prosecutor who told me she was desperately trying to apprehend a serial rapist and encountering obstruction: “I believe there is a possibility that this person is being protected.” Catch up on my latest @newyorker.com investigation: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
July 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I got an encrypted email from a prosecutor who told me she was desperately trying to apprehend a serial rapist and encountering obstruction: “I believe there is a possibility that this person is being protected.” Catch up on my latest @newyorker.com investigation: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What a recent policy reversal by Attorney General Pam Bondi on confidential sources means and why it threatens press freedom—and, in turn, democracy. Through rigorous, fair, and factual reporting, we can make the world more informed. @newyorker.com #journalism #news #US #press #pressfreedom
July 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
What a recent policy reversal by Attorney General Pam Bondi on confidential sources means and why it threatens press freedom—and, in turn, democracy. Through rigorous, fair, and factual reporting, we can make the world more informed. @newyorker.com #journalism #news #US #press #pressfreedom
How do undocumented immigrants actually impact crime and the economy? If we want to design effective, lawful, and fair immigration policies, it helps to start with the facts. #news #politics #immigration #investigativejournalism
July 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
How do undocumented immigrants actually impact crime and the economy? If we want to design effective, lawful, and fair immigration policies, it helps to start with the facts. #news #politics #immigration #investigativejournalism
Your data can be a weapon. A brief explanation, from a reporter who’s investigated privacy and surveillance issues, on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social @jenpsaki.msnbc.com.
June 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Your data can be a weapon. A brief explanation, from a reporter who’s investigated privacy and surveillance issues, on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social @jenpsaki.msnbc.com.
What can we really learn from the growing body of reporting about Elon Musk’s erraticism? If you want more explainers, find me on TikTok @ theronanfarrow and Instagram @ ronanfarrow :
June 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
What can we really learn from the growing body of reporting about Elon Musk’s erraticism? If you want more explainers, find me on TikTok @ theronanfarrow and Instagram @ ronanfarrow :
JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. (1/6)
April 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. (1/6)
Have you checked out my latest in The New Yorker? Why were the police refusing to investigate Sean Williams? Read here: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
March 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Have you checked out my latest in The New Yorker? Why were the police refusing to investigate Sean Williams? Read here: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Have you listened to #NotAVeryGoodMurderer yet? Out now on Audible: www.audible.com/pd/Not-a-Ver...
March 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Have you listened to #NotAVeryGoodMurderer yet? Out now on Audible: www.audible.com/pd/Not-a-Ver...
My new #podcast, #NotAVeryGoodMurderer, is out now on Audible: www.audible.com/navgm I set out to vet an incendiary allegation from an eccentric pageant queen with a tangled past, and stumble into a string of unsolved crimes—a jewel heist, a suspicious fire, stalking, even serial attempted murder.
March 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My new #podcast, #NotAVeryGoodMurderer, is out now on Audible: www.audible.com/navgm I set out to vet an incendiary allegation from an eccentric pageant queen with a tangled past, and stumble into a string of unsolved crimes—a jewel heist, a suspicious fire, stalking, even serial attempted murder.
Putting the finishing touches on Not a Very Good Murderer, out tomorrow 12P EST. I set out to vet a source and stumbled into a series of cold cases, in a twisty fact-checking saga. Pre-order on Amazon or pre-save in the Audible app now: audible.com/navgm
March 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Putting the finishing touches on Not a Very Good Murderer, out tomorrow 12P EST. I set out to vet a source and stumbled into a series of cold cases, in a twisty fact-checking saga. Pre-order on Amazon or pre-save in the Audible app now: audible.com/navgm
That’s a wrap on Sundance 2025. Here I am talking about journalism, giving a lil preview of my next podcast, Audible's #NotAVeryGoodMurderer, and being overshadowed by @juliettelewis.bsky.social's cool boots.
February 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
That’s a wrap on Sundance 2025. Here I am talking about journalism, giving a lil preview of my next podcast, Audible's #NotAVeryGoodMurderer, and being overshadowed by @juliettelewis.bsky.social's cool boots.
Your phone is a spy. "Surveilled" is coming up at 9pm on HBO. (Or Stream it on @streamonmax.bsky.social, cable cutters.)
December 5, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Your phone is a spy. "Surveilled" is coming up at 9pm on HBO. (Or Stream it on @streamonmax.bsky.social, cable cutters.)
Turns out so many of you are worried about your data getting into nefarious hands, HBO had to schedule a whole encore airing of “Surveilled.” Catch it at 9pm tomorrow or stream it on @streamonmax.bsky.social.
December 3, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Turns out so many of you are worried about your data getting into nefarious hands, HBO had to schedule a whole encore airing of “Surveilled.” Catch it at 9pm tomorrow or stream it on @streamonmax.bsky.social.
Coming up—airing 9pm EST on HBO and streaming on Max.
November 21, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Coming up—airing 9pm EST on HBO and streaming on Max.
Thanks to the Television Academy for recognizing our film “Endangered,” and our little team including directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, with an Emmy nomination. It’s streaming now. If you want to support reporters like the ones in the film, consider giving to Committee to Protect Journalists.
August 22, 2023 at 2:28 PM
Thanks to the Television Academy for recognizing our film “Endangered,” and our little team including directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, with an Emmy nomination. It’s streaming now. If you want to support reporters like the ones in the film, consider giving to Committee to Protect Journalists.