Jeremy Scahill | |
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![]() Scahill in 2013 | |
Born | Jeremy M. Scahill 1974 (age 49–50) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Education | Wauwatosa East High School University of Wisconsin (dropped out) |
Occupation | Investigative journalist |
Employer | Drop Site News |
Notable work | Blackwater |
Jeremy Scahill (born 1974) is an American activist, author, and investigative journalist. He is a founding editor of the online news publication The Intercept and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (2007), which won the George Polk Book Award. His book Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield (2013) was adapted into a documentary film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. In July 2024, he left The Intercept and, together with Ryan Grim and Nausicaa Renner, founded Drop Site News.
Scahill is a Fellow at the Type Media Center. Scahill learned journalism and started his career on the independently syndicated daily news show Democracy Now!. He publishes a podcast titled Intercepted.
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