Shane Harris
Shane Harris | |
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 Harris in 2014 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Wake Forest University,B.A. in politics |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The Washington Post |
| Notable work | The Watchers |
Shane Harrisis an American journalist and author. He is a senior national security writer at theWashington Post.[1]He specializes in coverage ofAmerica's intelligence agencies.[2]He is author of the booksThe Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance Stateand@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex,about the impact of cyberspace as the American military's "fifth-domain" of war.
Harris is currently an ASU Future of War Fellow atNew America Foundation.[3] He is also a co-host of theRational Securitypodcast.
Career
[edit]Shane Harris joined theWashington Poston December 22, 2017, after having joined theWall Street Journalin May 2017.[4]Prior to working for theWall Street Journal,Harris was the Senior Intelligence and National Security Correspondent for theDaily Beastin 2014 and as a subsequent contributor,[5]a senior writer forForeign Policymagazine, a senior contributor forThe Washingtonian,and a staff correspondent atNational Journalfrom 2005-2010.[6][7]
Political views
[edit]Harris is known to be a strong opponent of the worldwidemass surveillanceactivities of the U.S.National Security Agency(NSA). In an interview withTIMEmagazine, Harris said that "We've crossed into this era where surveillance and surveillance capabilities in the government are just a reality", and expressed doubt that theUnited States Congresswill limit the practice ofmass surveillance in the United States.[8]
Journalism honours
[edit]In 2010, Harris received the 24th annual Gerald R. Ford Prize for "Distinguished Reporting on National Defense".[9]In 2019, Harris and others at theWashington Postwere finalists for thePulitzer Prize for Public Servicefor their coverage of theassassination of Jamal Khashoggiby Saudi Arabia's Crown PrinceMohammed bin Salman.[10]
Books
[edit]Harris is the author ofThe Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State,which won theHelen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalismin 2011.[11]The Economistdescribed the book as a "vivid, well-reported and intellectually sophisticated account of the surveillance state", and named it as one of several "Books of the Year" (2010).[12]He is also the author of@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex,whichLawfaredescribed as, superb, noting that, "Few books on a subject as technical as network security can be fairly described as riveting, but Harris has managed to pull off a rare feat: a story that is simultaneously rigorous, comprehensive, and a joy to read".[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^WashPostPR (December 21, 2017)."Shane Harris joins national desk as intelligence reporter".Washington Post.ISSN0190-8286.RetrievedDecember 23,2017.
- ^"People should know what intelligence agencies are doing with information".Australian Broadcasting Corporation.December 5, 2013.RetrievedDecember 25,2013.
- ^"Shane Harris - ASU Future of War Fellow".New America Foundation.RetrievedNovember 17,2014.
- ^"Author Page Shane Harris".thedailybeast.The Daily Beast.RetrievedOctober 23,2017.
- ^"Author Page Shane Harris".thedailybeast.The Daily Beast.RetrievedOctober 23,2017.
- ^"ShaneHarris".shaneharris.RetrievedJuly 13,2017.
- ^"Shane Harris - Senior Staff Writer".Foreign Policy.RetrievedDecember 25,2013.
- ^Q&A: Shane Harris, on His New Book, 'The Watchers' (March 18, 2010)."Alexandra Silver".Time.RetrievedDecember 25,2013.
{{cite magazine}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^"Shane Harris, Reporting on National Defense".Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation. Archived fromthe originalon July 26, 2011.RetrievedDecember 25,2013.
- ^"The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Public Service".pulitzer.org.RetrievedOctober 12,2019.
- ^Angela Montefinise (June 10, 2011)."A Journalist to Watch: Shane Harris Talks Scandal, Surveillance and the State of Reporting".The Huffington Post.RetrievedDecember 25,2013.
- ^"Books of the Year: Page turners".The Economist.December 2, 2010.RetrievedDecember 25,2013.
- ^Alan Rozenshtein (May 15, 2015)."Book Reviews".Lawfare.RetrievedJune 16,2017.
External links
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