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.

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Explore a  selection of my on-camera work below.

Observer Research Foundation •

China's Economic Coercion; Europe's Security Challenge; Controversial US Elections | Trends@Raisina

Raisina Dialogue 2024 | Trends@Raisina | Food for thought at the luncheon hour—this symposium will offer a blue-sky analysis of the trends and trajectories that are beginning to implicate geopolitics and geoeconomics. Technologists thought leaders, policy wonks, and practitioners will provide their unique perspectives on where the next decade could take us.

Andrew Shearer, Director-General, Office of National Intelligence, Australia
• How are geopolitical forces reshaping global supply chains and economies, and what will be the longer-term impacts?

Mallory Knodel, Chief Technology Officer, Centre for Democracy and Technology, United States
• Can international collaboration on cybercrime respond to the challenges of new tech while also preserving citizens’ rights online?

Noah Barkin, Senior Advisor, China Practice - Rhodium Group, Germany
• Is China still as attractive to foreign investors? If not, who is moving out of the mainland, and to where?

Reinhard Bütikofer, Member of the European Parliament, Germany
• Is the new threat from the Russian Federation causing Europe to intensify or de-emphasise its “strategic competition” with China?

Nico Lange, Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference, Germany
• How could the transatlantic relationship be affected by the upcoming US elections?

Moderator: Lara Farrar, Fellow, USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, United States
arkansasonline •

Election officials discuss voter registration in Arkansas

Pulaski County Clerk Terri Hollingsworth and Josh Bridges, an election systems analyst with the Arkansas Secretary of State's Division of Elections, join Democrat-Gazette journalists Lara Farrar and Rachel Herzog to answer questions about voter registration in Arkansas.

For more election info: https://www.arkansasonline.com/voter-guide/
Submit your election questions: https://www.arkansasonline.com/electionquestions/
Check your voter registration info: https://www.voterview.org
Secretary of State’s election website: https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/
Pulaski County election website: https://www.pulaskiclerk.com/elections/

00:00 Intro
00:46 Explaining the Primary election
03:26 What is the voter registration process in Arkansas?
05:18 What are the different ways to register?
07:30 Can people get assistance in registering?
08:20 How do you check that you are registered to vote?
09:35 Does voter registration expire?
11:14 Has recent legislation changed the registration process?
15:23 How do you request an absentee ballot?
15:56 Who is eligible to vote absentee?
17:20 How do you check ballot and district information?
18:38 Closing remarks
arkansasonline •

Capitol & Scott: A conversation with ADG Managing Editor Alyson Hoge

Follow this story: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/mar/09/capitol-scott-a-conversation-with-managing-editor-alyson-hoge/

Alyson Hoge, a veteran journalist and editor who’s been with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for more than four decades, recently became the new managing editor for the news organization at the end of February.
On this episode of Capitol & Scott, Hoge shares what she hopes to accomplish in her new role, as well as her concerns for the fate of local news in the age of social media, razor-thin margins and waning interest in working in the field among young people.

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Africa Digital Media Institute - ADMI •

#CreativeCareers Webinar - Freelance Journalism in a Changing Media Landscape with Lara Farra

Lara Farra’s entire career has revolved around freelance journalism. She recounts her early years as a journalist at her high school newspaper in Arkansas to the Boston Globe, CNN and other media outlets.

Find out the opportunities that exist for journalists in the age of new media in our #CreativeCareersWebinar Series.
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Join the next Digital Journalism Class at ADMI - https://info.admi.ac.ke/digital-media
Global Journalist •

Global Journalist: Lara Farrar - China correspondents Part 3

China is an exciting yet difficult place for foreign correspondents to work. In this three-part video series, Global Journalist examines the daily challenges and opportunities of three correspondents in the country.

In Part Three, "China PTSD," Shanghai-based freelance writer Lara Farrar talks about her six years covering the country and why she is ready to leave. Farrar has written about the country for CNN.com, the New York Times and the Chronicle of Higher Education. (Produced and directed by Dandan Zou)

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