Farhad Manjoo

Farhad Manjoo
Farhad Manjoo in 2008
Born	(1978-08-19) August 19, 1978 (age 38) South Africa
Occupation	Journalist, author
Language	English
Nationality	American
Education	Cornell University

Farhad Manjoo (born August 19, 1978) is an American journalist and author. Manjoo was a staff writer for Slate magazine from 2008 to 2013 and left Slate in September 2013 to join The Wall Street Journal as a technology columnist. In January 2014, Manjoo became the "State of the Art" columnist for The New York Times, replacing David Pogue. He has been a contributor to National Public Radio since 2009.

Manjoo was born in South Africa in 1978. His family left the country when he was eight years old, and he was raised in Southern California. He graduated from Cornell University in 2000. During his undergraduate years, he served as writer and editor-in-chief of the Cornell Daily Sun student newspaper.

Majoo wrote for Wired News before taking a staff position at Salon.com. In July 2008, Manjoo accepted a job at Slate magazine writing a twice-weekly technology column. In September 2013, Manjoo joined the Wall Street Journal as a technology columnist; his final column for Slate, in which he urged men to wear makeup, was published on September 20.

Manjoo has written about new media,politics, and controversies in journalism.

He is the author of the book True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society.