Lara Farrar

I am an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of domestic and global experience, covering regional, national and international stories from Arkansas, Boston, New York, London, Latin America, North Africa, Southeast Asia and Asia, including China, where I was based for nearly a decade. In 2023, I was awarded a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship and Engagement Grant to fuel a data-driven investigative approach for a multi-part series focusing on government policy, specifically the regulatory framework for child psychiatric facilities in Arkansas. I specialize in geopolitical analysis, public health, trade, technology, supply chain management, brand management, authoritarian regimes, censorship, higher education, agriculture, clean energy, climate change, and general human interest reporting. My reporting has won numerous state, regional and national awards. My clients include CNN, CNN International, the Wall Street Journal, McClatchy, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Women's Wear Daily, the Economist, The New York Times, WBUR-Boston, the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, and Vogue Canada, among others. Public relations clients include: Morgan Stanley, Weber Shandwick, Ogilvy, and Youku.com.