Bio
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Keach Hagey is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where she focuses on the intersection of media and technology.
She was part of the team that broke the Facebook Files, a series that won a George Polk Award for Business Reporting, a Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting and a Deadline Award for public service. Her investigation into the inner workings of Google’s advertising-technology business won recognition from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (Sabew).
Previously, she covered the television industry for the Journal, reporting on large media companies such as 21st Century Fox, Time Warner and Viacom. She led a team that won a Sabew award for coverage of the power struggle inside Viacom.
She is the author of The King of Content: Sumner Redstone’s Battle for Viacom, CBS and Everlasting Control of His Media Empire, published by HarperCollins, and The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future, published by W.W. Norton & Company.
Before joining the Journal, Keach covered media for Politico, The National in Abu Dhabi, CBS News and the Village Voice. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s in English literature from Stanford University. She lives in Irvington, N.Y., with her husband, three daughters and dog.
About
Keach Hagey
Keach Hagey is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, covering artificial intelligence and the intersection of technology, media, and power.
She is the author of The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future (W. W. Norton & Company, 2025) and The King of Content: Sumner Redstone’s Battle for Viacom, CBS, and Everlasting Control of His Media Empire (HarperCollins, 2018).
She was part of the team behind the Journal’s Facebook Files, which won a George Polk Award, a Gerald Loeb Award, and a Deadline Award. Her reporting on Google’s advertising technology business and the power struggle at Viacom has also been recognized by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.
Before the Journal, she reported for Politico, The National in Abu Dhabi, CBS News, and the Village Voice. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English literature from Stanford University. She lives in New York.
