Paul Farhi

Paul Farhi is Project Editor and Contributor at Northwestern University's Medill Local News Initiative’s The State of Local News Project. The Washington Post's former media reporter, he left the paper at the end of 2023 after nearly 36 years as a staff writer, during which he also covered business, politics and general assignment features. He has also been a senior contributing editor to the American Journalism Review and now contributes to the Atlantic, the Athletic, the Daily Beast, and Columbia Journalism Review. He has been a frequent commentator on TV and radio about the media industry.