I am a reporter, writer, and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. I currently work as a staff reporter at Nieman Lab, a publication of Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism, where I cover artificial intelligence and its impacts on journalism. My reporting spans topics including labor, deepfakes, copyright law, and emerging business models.
Prior to Nieman Lab, I was the first editorial employee at Rest of World, an international nonprofit publication covering the impact of technology in the non-Western world. After launching Rest of World, I worked as a staff reporter covering global social media companies with a focus on platform accountability, digital rights, disinformation, and the creator economy. Before the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, I began reporting extensively on generative AI and the rise of large language models.
My writing has also appeared in The Nation, Popular Mechanics, and The Japan Times. My original reporting has been cited by AI researchers at Google DeepMind, taught to undergraduates at Yale, and referenced in a lawsuit by migrant advocacy groups against the Department of Homeland Security. I regularly discuss my work publicly, including recent media appearances on PBS NewsHour and NPR’s The World, as well as speaking appearances at RightsCon Taipei, the Chanel Media Talks, and UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism. My feature for Rest of World, “Vigilantes for Views,“ won a South Asian Journalists Association Award and was selected as one of Longreads “Best of 2023.”
I grew up in Japan and hold a B.A. in English from Brown University. During my college years I interned at Hearst Magazines and worked at student publications, including as a features editor at The College Hill Independent. I began my career as a journalist in Tokyo, where I worked as an assistant editor at Metropolis, a 30-year-old print magazine. At Metropolis, I edited freelance pieces and wrote features, including a cover story on labor issues at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. My work has always been guided by a passion for narrative journalism and character-driven storytelling.
You can reach me at andrew_deck@harvard.edu.