Julia Harte is an award-winning investigative journalist whose career has focused on national security, civil liberties, environmental issues, and social justice. She holds a B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania (2009) and earned her M.S. from the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University in 2014[1][6]. Harte began her journalism career as a freelance reporter in Istanbul for three years, where she covered Middle Eastern politics, human rights, energy policy, and environmental issues for outlets such as National Geographic, Reuters, Foreign Policy, and The World Policy Journal[1][3]. Her 2013 National Geographic Young Explorers Grant supported a reporting project along the Tigris River, documenting the impacts of Turkey’s Ilısu Dam on local communities and ancient heritage sites[1][3]. Returning to the United States, Harte joined The Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C., where she covered national security and the intersection of government policy with civil rights[1][3][6]. Her investigative work has also appeared in Harper’s Magazine, The Nation, and Reuters, where she served as a National Affairs correspondent in New York City and Washington, D.C.[1][7]. Notably, her reporting on public pension fund investments in the Trump SoHo Hotel—which raised constitutional questions about then-candidate Donald Trump—won the May 2017 Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman Foundation[1]. She was also a finalist for the New Millennium Award in Non-Fiction for a 2020 essay about her relative Sheldon Harte, a radical activist targeted by J. Edgar Hoover[1]. Harte is currently working on her first book, an alternative history of American radicalism that explores how U.S. activists involved in international liberation movements were demonized by their own government[1][7]. While based in New York City, she continues to report on issues such as violent extremism and the U.S. Justice Department[8]. Her career reflects a consistent focus on holding power to account and amplifying marginalized voices, and she remains a relevant figure in investigative journalism for her rigorous, socially conscious reporting. There is no publicly available information about major recent events or changes in her professional status beyond her ongoing book project.