Jeff Horwitz is an investigative technology reporter for Thompson Reuters and a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and more. A Pulitzer Prize recipient,[1] he was heavily involved in breaking the 2021 Facebook leak, and wrote the book Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Toxic Secrets.[2][3] Horwitz's book is the base of an upcoming feature film The Social Reckoning, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.[4]
Education
[edit]He went to The College Preparatory School and graduated in 1999.[5] He was a Knight Bagehot fellow at Columbia University.[6]
Career
[edit]In 2021, he published the first piece of The Facebook Files.[7][8]
Awards
[edit]He won the George Polk Award for Business Reporting and the Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting.
References
[edit]- ^ Roush, Chris (2026-05-04). "Reuters wins two Pulitzers; SF Chronicle and Bloomberg also win". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ^ Gross, Terry (2021-09-23). "What Leaked Internal Documents Reveal About The Damage Facebook Has Caused". NPR. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
- ^ Symonds, Alexandria (2023-11-11). "Inside Facebook's Dangerous Battle Between Integrity and Engagement". Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ Gentile, Dan (June 25, 2025). "Another Facebook movie is coming, and it's gonna be dark". SFGate.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ^ "Jeff Horwitz and Engen Tham of Reuters | The Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
- ^ Beast, The Daily (2021-10-31). "How WSJ Reporter Jeff Horwitz Got the Facebook Whistleblower to Talk". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
- ^ "The Facebook Files". Wall Street Journal. 2021-09-15. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2026-06-13.
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