Ronan Farrow

Investigative Reporter at The New Yorker

Pulitzer-winning investigative journo @newyorker. Documentaries @hbo. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused PhD. Tips: [email protected].

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Why The Police Refused to Investigate a Serial Rapist

1 month ago | newyorker.com | Ronan Farrow

When a prosecutor began chasing an accused sexual predator, she lost her job but unravelled a scandal. A report from Johnson City, Tennessee. Plus:• How to give the perfect toastRonan FarrowFarrow is an investigative reporter and a contributing writer at The New Yorker. In July, 2021, I received a message from an encrypted e-mail account. Using a pseudonym, the writer told me that she was a federal prosecutor desperate to apprehend a serial predator and was encountering obstruction.
How Police Let One of America’s Most Prolific Predators Get Away

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Ronan Farrow

Murray contacted the F.B.I., rather than local police, “because I did not trust the Johnson City Police Department,” she told me. She said that she’d previously experienced sexist treatment from the department, including a frisking that she found humiliating and intrusive. Nevertheless, the F.B.I. referred the matter to a J.C.P.D. officer, who immediately informed Sparks. Though Sparks was off duty at the time, he went to the F.B.I. field office to assume control of the case.
How Police Let One of America’s Most Prolific Predators Get Away

1 month ago | newyorker.com | Ronan Farrow

In the middle of November, 2020, Kat Dahl, a federal prosecutor in Johnson City, Tennessee, received an unusual assignment. Dahl had been appointed by the Department of Justice to work with the Johnson City police. Almost all her cases involved “run-of-the-mill” federal charges related to the possession of drugs or firearms, Dahl told me.
The best true crime audiobooks for your inner detective

1 month ago | audible.com | Kat Johnson |Ronan Farrow |Patrick Radden Keefe |Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

True crime has come a long way since the days when it was considered a guilty pleasure at best, or exploitative and salacious at worst. The genre has used its recent explosion in popularity to grapple with its identity, offer more nuanced and systemic perspectives, and center the voices of both victims and underrepresented communities in a quest for justice for all.
A Spy in Your Pocket? Ronan Farrow Exposes Secrets of High-Tech Spyware

Dec 4, 2024 | znetwork.org | Ronan Farrow |Matthew C. O'Neill |Amy Goodman

We look at the world of high-tech surveillance with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow and filmmaker Matthew O’Neill. Their new HBO documentary Surveilled is now available for streaming. Farrow says he became interested in the topic after he was tracked by the Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube during his reporting on Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse.
The Technology the Trump Administration Could Use to Hack Your Phone

Nov 26, 2024 | rsn.org | Ronan Farrow

Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here? In September, the Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S.) signed a two-million-dollar contract with Paragon, an Israeli firm whose spyware product Graphite focusses on breaching encrypted-messaging applications such as Telegram and Signal.
The Technology the Trump Administration Could Use to Hack Your Phone

Nov 20, 2024 | newyorker.com | Ronan Farrow

In September, the Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S.) signed a two-million-dollar contract with Paragon, an Israeli firm whose spyware product Graphite focusses on breaching encrypted-messaging applications such as Telegram and Signal. Wired first reported that the technology was acquired by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—an agency within D.H.S. that will soon be involved in executing the Trump Administration’s promises of mass deportations and crackdowns on border crossings.
What Harvey Weinstein’s Overturned Conviction Means for Donald Trump’s Trial

Apr 26, 2024 | rsn.org | Ronan Farrow

The legal issue behind Weinstein’s successful appeal is also at the heart of the former President’s hush-money case. On Thursday morning, a divided New York State Court of Appeals overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for sex crimes and ordered a new trial. The 4–3 ruling turned largely on the original judge’s decision to let into court evidence of alleged crimes other than the ones for which jurors had been asked to assess Weinstein’s guilt or innocence.
What Harvey Weinstein’s Overturned Conviction Means for Donald Trump’s Trial

Apr 25, 2024 | newyorker.com | Ronan Farrow

On Thursday morning, a divided New York State Court of Appeals overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for sex crimes and ordered a new trial. The 4–3 ruling turned largely on the original judge’s decision to let into court evidence of alleged crimes other than the ones for which jurors had been asked to assess Weinstein’s guilt or innocence. The court had permitted women to testify about allegations of sexual assault that were separate from the three for which he was charged.
RuPaul Doesn’t See How That’s Any of Your Business

Mar 1, 2024 | newyorker.com | Ronan Farrow

Recently, the drag star RuPaul Andre Charles has taken to falling asleep while watching the documentary series “Secrets of Great British Castles.” He’s seen every episode, knows every turn in the bloody histories of landmarks like Dover Castle and the Tower of London. “The headline is: Humans have been horrible since the beginning of time,” RuPaul told me. “And the human ego can justify these terrible things that people do.