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Jeff Horwitz
Jeff Horwitz looking to his right and speaking while gesturing with his right hand
Jeff Horwitz in 2025
EducationColumbia University
OccupationJournalist
Known forThe Facebook Files reports
Notable workBroken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Toxic Secrets

Jeff Horwitz is an investigative technology reporter for Thompson Reuters and a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal and other publications. 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; Horwitz is portrayed in the film by Jeremy Allen White.[4]

Education

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Horwitz went to The College Preparatory School and graduated in 1999.[5] In 2013, he was a Knight Bagehot fellow at Columbia University.[6][7]

Career

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In 2021, Horwitz published the first piece of The Facebook Files.[8][9]

Awards

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In 2009, Horwitz won the Overseas Press Club (OPC) Foundation Fred Wiegold Scholarship.[10]

Horwitz won the George Polk Award for Business Reporting and the Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting.

References

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  1. ↑ Roush, Chris (May 4, 2026). "Reuters wins two Pulitzers; SF Chronicle and Bloomberg also win". Talking Biz News. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  2. ↑ Gross, Terry (September 23, 2021). "What Leaked Internal Documents Reveal About The Damage Facebook Has Caused". NPR. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ Symonds, Alexandria (November 11, 2023). "Inside Facebook's Dangerous Battle Between Integrity and Engagement". The New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  4. ↑ Gentile, Dan (June 25, 2025). "Another Facebook movie is coming, and it's gonna be dark". SFGate.
  5. ↑ The College Preparatory School (February 5, 2024). "Alumni Common Classroom!". Instagram. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Jeff Horwitz and Engen Tham of Reuters". The Pulitzer Prizes. 2026. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Knight-Bagehot Fellows". Columbia Journalism School. Retrieved August 26, 2026.
  8. ↑ Jong-Fast, Molly (October 31, 2021). "How WSJ Reporter Jeff Horwitz Got the Facebook Whistleblower to Talk". The Daily Beast. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  9. ↑ "The Facebook Files". The Wall Street Journal. September 15, 2021. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Jeff Horwitz joins Reuters in the new role of Tech Investigations Reporter". Overseas Press Club Foundation. June 13, 2026. Retrieved August 26, 2026.
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