Elizabeth Dwoskin

San Francisco

Silicon Valley Correspondent

Education: Columbia University, BA. ; Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, MS.

Lizza joined The Washington Post as Silicon Valley correspondent in 2016, becoming the paper's eyes and ears in the region. She focuses on social media and the power of the tech industry in a democratic society. Before that, she was the Wall Street Journal's first full-time beat reporter covering big data, AI, and the impact of algorithms on people's lives. And before that, she covered housing and immigration in DC and New York.
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Latest from Elizabeth Dwoskin

What we know about the Hezbollah pagers attack

The scale of an apparent attack targeting thousands of Hezbollah members across Lebanon at the same time, using their own devices, is unprecedented.

September 17, 2024
American University of Beirut Medical Center personnel prepare to treat some of the wounded Tuesday.

Trump vs. Harris is dividing Silicon Valley into feuding political camps

Democratic megadonors are backing Kamala Harris and countering tech industry support for Trump — a dispute that has birthed a vicious public battle. 

July 30, 2024

Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed JD Vance

JD Vance’s rise as a Silicon Valley investor shaped his ideas about tech, an industry that stands to gain if he wins the White House.

July 28, 2024
Entrepreneur Peter Thiel speaks during the final day of the 2016 Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on July 21, 2016.

The Silicon Valley realignment leading tech titans to Trump

With J.D. Vance’s nomination as Trump’s VP, conservative tech leaders are going all-in for Trump, a major shift for an industry that has skewed blue in the past.

July 18, 2024
Former president Donald Trump arrives at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Wednesday, the third day of the Republican National Convention.

Elon Musk allies poured millions into pro-Trump super PAC

A new Austin-based Super Pac said to be raising money for Trump reported raising $8.5 million, much of it from tech titans. A source says Musk will also donate.

July 15, 2024

Musk, other pro-Trump billionaires have helped shape shooting narrative

The right-leaning business community on Twitter, including Elon Musk and hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, used their megaphones to endorse Trump and fuel storylines about Saturday’s attack.

July 14, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves the Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in September.

Doctors couldn’t help. They turned to a shadow system of DIY medical tests.

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are creating a parallel medical ecosystem of at-home tests allowing people to bypass the doctor’s office entirely.

June 9, 2024

Trump gets $1 million from Silicon Valley donor who once gave to Democrats

The donation from Jacob Helberg, a Palantir adviser who helped push the TikTok ban, shows how some in the tech industry are coalescing against Biden.

May 14, 2024
Jacob Helberg, speaks at a dinner in Washington on May 1 hosted by the Hill and Valley Forum, a group he runs that was critical in pushing Congress to pass legislation that could lead to a TikTok ban.

How the authoritarian Middle East became the capital of Silicon Valley

Virtually overnight, the Middle East has emerged as the most powerful geopolitical force in the tech industry, due in part to the Biden administration’s fears about China.

May 14, 2024

The tech billionaires who helped ban TikTok want to write AI rules for Trump

The tech moguls behind the Hill and Valley Forum are expanding beyond TikTok, prepping a proposal to dismantle President Biden’s artificial intelligence rules.

May 1, 2024