Ronan Farrow

Ronan Farrow (born Satchel Ronan O’Sullivan Farrow) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, author and former government advisor. The son of actress Mia Farrow and director Woody Allen, he enrolled in Bard College at Simon’s Rock at age 11 and graduated from Bard College at 15. Farrow later earned a law degree from Yale Law School and became a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.

Farrow began his career in public service, working as a special advisor for humanitarian and youth issues during President Barack Obama’s first administration. He also served as a UNICEF spokesperson and contributed to foreign policy efforts. His transition to journalism led to a major career shift when he joined NBC News and later The New Yorker, where his investigative reporting elevated his public prominence.

Farrow’s 2017 exposé on the alleged misconduct of Harvey Weinstein in The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and helped launch the #MeToo movement. (Weinstein has denied all allegations.)

He went on to publish Catch and Kill (2019), a bestselling book detailing efforts to suppress stories of abuse. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The Guardian. He hosted the podcast Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes and appeared in the HBO docuseries of the same name.

Farrow started dating podcast host and former presidential speechwriter Jon Lovett in 2011. The couple got engaged in 2019 and announced their separation in 2023.