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My Take
Ronan Farrow is one of those people who makes you feel slightly underachieving just reading his bio — a Rhodes Scholar, Yale Law grad, former State Department adviser, and then the journalist who arguably changed Hollywood forever. His 2017 New Yorker exposé on Harvey Weinstein didn't just win a Pulitzer; it lit the fuse on a cultural reckoning that was long, long overdue. What I find genuinely impressive isn't the famous parentage or the prodigy narrative the press loved to run with — it's the doggedness. He spent over a year on that story while other outlets reportedly passed or killed it. That's the real thing. His book Catch and Kill reads like a thriller, and the fact that it's all true makes it more unsettling, not less. A legitimate muckraker in an era that badly needed one.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ronan Farrow
- Name (Japanese)
- ローナン・ファロー
- Reading
- ろーなん・ふぁろー
- Born
- December 19, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Occupation
- lawyer / jurist / journalist / human rights defender / documentarian
2. Background
- University
- Bard College
Awards & achievements
- 2017 George Polk Award
- 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
- 2012 Rhodes Scholarship
- 2018 Time 100
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Ronan Farrow born?
Born December 19, 1987 (age 38).
Where is Ronan Farrow from?
Ronan Farrow is from New York City, New York, United States.
What does Ronan Farrow do?
Ronan Farrow works as lawyer, jurist, journalist, human rights defender, documentarian.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.