Investigative reporter. Words @newyorker @BW @theatlantic @nytimes @theEconomist @thewirechina @natgeo @atavist @BusinessInsider @outsidemagazine
Joined October 2013
- Tweets 12,013
- Following 4,115
- Followers 3,496
- Likes 21,427
971 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
Mar 27
Theia Group set out to revolutionize space-based surveillance. Its enigmatic founder, a former NASA engineer, envisioned nothing less then "Google for the physical world," he told me from jail.
My @BW investigation into Theia's dramatic rise & fall:
bloomberg.com/news/features/…
4
8
766
Brent Crane retweeted
Jun 16
Another sign of Putin's loss of influence: Lukashenko apologized to Zelenskyy for comments threatening Ukraine.
Luka admitted Belarus is highly vulnerable and Belarusians don't want war, and said he poses no military threat to Ukraine.
Luka sees which way the wind is blowing.
147
1,406
6,586
149,443
Brent Crane retweeted
Jun 9
Yup, and this is why: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Jun 9
If you are an author in 2026, you will get at least one AI scam email every day, or many more.
1
2
242
Brent Crane retweeted
Jun 12
AMAZING JOB ALERT: Our team is looking to add another senior editor. Please apply, pass along to those who might be interested and reach out with questions! atlanticmedia.wd1.myworkdayj…
1
32
45
13,941
Jun 12
California, writes @FareedZakaria, is "a case study in how a rich society can spend more and more while producing less and less of what its ordinary citizens need." washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
1
58
Brent Crane retweeted
Jun 12
Incredible. Publishing what appears to be (if you care to read the "evidence") a totally legitimate US program, and even citing the risks of these being used as "Russian information campaigns", Tulsi Gabbard - the gift that kept giving - presents the Kremlin with yet one more information operation.
Read our investigation from 2025 where we presented evidence that the hybrid ops unit of GRU's 29155 came up with the whole "bio-labs" concept - and co-opted Tulsi into it. theins.press/en/inv/281731
Jun 12
Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.
In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.
odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/…
269
2,582
9,729
1,053,551
Jun 11
"The sloptimists are betting that writing devoid of an inner purpose can rival the stuff ripped out of an author’s chest with a claw grapple. Any serious reader knows that it can’t." newyorker.com/books/page-tur… @xwaldie
1
2
94
Brent Crane retweeted
Jun 1
The Great Wealth Transfer–an estimated $84 trillion moving between generations over the next two decades–has supercharged the once niche industry of family business advisors. My latest for @dealbook: nytimes.com/2026/05/30/busin…
1
1
129
Jun 9
Enjoyed speaking with @WBUR about my @BW reporting on @ouraring. Listen here: wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/06/…
1
56
Brent Crane retweeted
May 21
Enjoyed speaking with @JChengWSJ about his great new book KOREAN MESSIAH, about the surprising Christian roots of the Kim dynasty of North Korea: thewirechina.com/2026/05/17/… @thewirechina
2
6
385
Brent Crane retweeted
May 29
The latest issue of my newsletter, The Longformist, is out now. It features my fav longform pieces published in May. Check it out and subscribe! thelongformist.substack.com/…
1
2
6
550
FT is hiring an Asia-focussed tech editor in Hong Kong. Details here ... job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/… #JournalismJobs
5
9
2,632
Brent Crane retweeted
Jun 1
Wasserstrom: “1989 in China was actually a lot like 1968 in Central and Eastern Europe: an effort to have Communist Party rule go on but with different leadership. Then it was repressed with tanks.”
thewirechina.com/2026/05/31/…
1
2
5
674
Brent Crane retweeted
Jeffrey Wasserstrom on Tackling Misconceptions about China thewirechina.com/2026/05/31/…
1
1
2
155
Jun 1
"In boyhood, guilt was a constant companion. It tagged along wherever I went; there was always something I had done, some hidden mistake or private atrocity, that was on the verge of being discovered. " newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
2
137
Brent Crane retweeted
May 31
When War Breaks Out Over the Family Business, They Get the Call nytimes.com/2026/05/30/busin…
1
1
125
Jet fuel prices are surging and travel disruptions proliferating amid the war in Iran, but Expedia’s CEO says travelers just keep on traveling bloomberg.com/news/features/…
9
10
28
11,739
Brent Crane retweeted
May 28
Just saw this on Substack. The metaphor is spot on.
103
5,869
51,881
649,234