Oliver Darcy

Senior Media Reporter

Oliver Darcy is a senior media reporter for CNN, covering the intersection of media, politics and technology.
Oliver Darcy

About

Oliver Darcy is CNN’s senior media reporter. He is the author of the acclaimed “Reliable Sources” newsletter and reports for CNN across both television and digital platforms.

Darcy’s reporting focuses on issues related to the news media, technology platforms, the entertainment industry and more. Darcy’s nightly newsletter, which is widely read by top industry professionals, examines the information economy with hard-hitting reporting and uncompromising analysis.

Darcy regularly breaks stories on his beat, and is one of the leading national reporters covering media. In 2022, Mediaite named Darcy as one of the most influential journalists in the news industry. In 2017, Darcy was awarded the prestigious SABEW award for media reporting.

Prior to joining CNN, Darcy was the politics editor for Business Insider where he covered the 2016 presidential election and oversaw a team of reporters. He was previously deputy managing editor of TheBlaze.

A first-generation Persian-American, Darcy was born in Washington State. He graduated with a degree in political science from the University of California, Merced. Darcy currently resides in New York City.