As one of The New York Times’ foremost tech correspondents, Kashmir Hill has redefined coverage of digital privacy and AI ethics. Her work sits at the intersection of technology, law, and human rights—most notably through her Pulitzer Prize-nominated investigation into Clearview AI and bestselling book Your Face Belongs to Us.
“The best stories live where technology meets human vulnerability—that’s where real change happens.”
We begin Kashmir Hill’s story in 2008, when she launched her career at Above the Law, a legal blog that sharpened her ability to dissect complex policies for public consumption. Her early work foreshadowed a career built on holding power structures accountable, whether in courtrooms or corporate boardrooms. The creation of her blog The Not-So Private Parts during her NYU graduate studies marked a pivotal shift toward investigative tech journalism—a field still in its infancy at the time.
“Privacy isn’t dead, but it’s being reshaped by forces most people don’t understand. My job is to map those forces.”
In her March 2025 investigation for the Australian Financial Review, Hill dissected a controversial Trump-era appointee’s memo advocating drastic workforce cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Through FOIA requests and insider interviews, she revealed how outdated efficiency metrics threatened veteran services. The piece blended policy analysis with human impact stories, showcasing her ability to make bureaucratic decisions tangible for readers.
This groundbreaking 2024 report demonstrated Hill’s forensic approach to tech reporting. By obtaining internal documents from GM and Honda, she proved automakers shared sensitive driving data (including hard braking incidents) with insurance brokers—a practice directly contradicting privacy policies. The investigation led to congressional hearings and GM terminating its LexisNexis partnership within weeks.
Hill’s personal experiment ditching smartphones sparked the global #FlipPhoneFebruary movement. Combining memoir elements with clinical research on attention spans, this 2024 piece established her as a thought leader in the digital wellness space. The article’s impact metrics show rare crossover success—cited equally in tech boardrooms and addiction recovery circles.
Hill prioritizes stories demonstrating how emerging technologies impact vulnerable populations. Successful pitches often include:
Concrete documentation triumphs over theoretical concerns. Ideal submissions include:
While Hill deals in complex systems, she always centers human stories. Compelling angles include:
On March 4, a Trump appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs circulated a memo to senior leadership. The agency, it said, would “move out aggressively” to improve efficiency, with an “initial objective” of cutting the workforce to 2019 levels.
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