Johann Hari#Wikipedia editing

Hari was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to a Scottish mother and Swiss father,{{Cite news |last=Aitkenhead |first=Decca |date=2 January 2015 |title=Johann Hari: 'I failed badly. When you harm people, you should shut up, go away and reflect on what happened' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/02/johann-hari-interview-drugs-book-independent |access-date=2 July 2024 |website=The Guardian}} before his family relocated to London when he was an infant.{{cite news|url=http://chasingthescream.com/biography/|title=About the Author|access-date=22 October 2017|work=Chasing The Scream}} Hari states he was physically abused in his childhood while his father was away and his mother was ill.{{cite news | title= Johann Hari: 'I was afraid to dismantle the story about depression and anxiety' | work=The Observer | first=Andrew | last= Anthony | date=7 January 2018 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/07/johann-hari-depression-brain-lost-connections-book-interview}}

He attended the John Lyon School, an independent school affiliated with Harrow, and then Woodhouse College, a state sixth form in Finchley.{{cite web |last=Hari |first=Johann |title=A simple lesson on schools: Money works |url=http://www.johannhari.com/2004/03/17/a-simple-lesson-on-schools-money-works |access-date=11 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126214020/http://www.johannhari.com/2004/03/17/a-simple-lesson-on-schools-money-works |archive-date=26 January 2013 }} Hari graduated from King's College, Cambridge, in 2001 with a double first in social and political sciences.{{cite book |last1=Adkins |first1=T. S. |last2=Bulmer |first2=N. S. D. |last3=Jones |first3=P. M. |last4=Langley |first4=H. C. |title=A Register of Admissions to King's College Cambridge, 1934–2010 |date=2018 |publisher=King's College Cambridge |pages=988}}

In 2000, Hari was joint winner of The Times Student News Journalist of the Year award for his work on the Cambridge student newspaper, Varsity.

After university, he joined the New Statesman, where he worked between 2001 and 2003, and then wrote two columns a week for The Independent. At the 2003 Press Gazette Awards, he won Young Journalist of the Year.{{cite news |last=Spanner |first=Huw |title=Let The Fiery Columns Glow |work=Third Way Magazine |pages=16–19 |date=November 2004}} A play by Hari, Going Down in History, was performed at the Garage Theatre in Edinburgh, and his book God Save the Queen? was published by Icon Books in 2002.

In addition to being a columnist for The Independent, Hari's work also appeared in The Huffington Post, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, The Nation, Le Monde, El País, The Sydney Morning Herald, and Haaretz, and he reported from locations around the world, such as Congo and Venezuela.{{cite book|last1=Hari|first1=Johann|title=Chasing The Scream|url=https://archive.org/details/chasingscreamfir00joha|url-access=registration|date=2015|publisher=Bloomsbury USA, New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/chasingscreamfir00joha/page/180 180]}} He appeared regularly as an arts critic on the BBC Two programme The Review Show and was a book critic for Slate. In 2009, he was named by The Daily Telegraph as one of the most influential people on the left in Britain.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/6231925/Top-100-most-influential-Left-wingers-100-51.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930055127/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/6231925/Top-100-most-influential-Left-wingers-100-51.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |title=Top 100 most influential Left-wingers: 100-51 |first1=Iain |last1=Dale |first2=Brian |last2=Brivati |date=27 September 2009 |access-date=6 May 2010}}

In June 2011 bloggers at Deterritorial Support Group and the Yahoo! Ireland editor Brian Whelan discovered that Hari had plagiarised material published in other interviews and writings by his interview subjects.{{cite news |last=Sabbagh |first=Dan |date=28 June 2011 |title=Johann Hari denies these accusations of plagiarism |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jun/28/johann-hari-twitter-plagiarism |access-date=28 June 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{cite news |last=Flock |first=Elizabeth |date=28 June 2011 |title=Johann Hari denies he plagiarized, sparking mockery campaign |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/johann-hari-denies-he-plagiarized-during-interviewsbyhari/2011/06/28/AGGk0ApH_blog.html |access-date=28 June 2011 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} For example, a 2009 interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya included quotations from her book Raising My Voice in a manner that made them appear as if spoken directly to Hari.{{cite news |last=Dowell |first=Ben |date=1 July 2011 |title=Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/01/johann-hari-plagiarism-allegations |access-date=27 September 2011 |work=The Guardian}} A piece entitled "How Multiculturalism Is Betraying Women" which Hari submitted when entering the Orwell Prize was plagiarised from Der Spiegel.{{cite web |date=December 2011 |title=Dirty Hari |url=https://www.commentary.org/articles/jonathan-foreman/dirty-hari/}} Hari initially denied any wrongdoing, stating that the unattributed quotes were for clarification and did not present someone else's thoughts as his own.{{cite web |last=Hari |first=Johann |title=Interview etiquette |url=http://johannhari.com/2011/06/27/interview-etiquette |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630124701/http://johannhari.com/2011/06/27/interview-etiquette |archive-date=30 June 2011 |access-date=28 June 2011 |work=johannhari.com}}{{cite news |last=Hari |first=Johann |date=29 June 2011 |title=Johann Hari: My journalism is at the centre of a storm. This is what I have learned |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-my-journalism-is-at-the-centre-of-a-storm-this-is-what-i-have-learned-2304199.html |access-date=29 June 2011 |work=The Independent}} He later admitted that his behaviour was "completely wrong" and that "when I interviewed people, I often presented things that had been said to other journalists or had been written in books as if they had been said to me, which was not truthful".{{cite news |last=Anthony |first=Andrew |date=7 January 2018 |title=Johann Hari: 'I was afraid to dismantle the story about depression and anxiety' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/07/johann-hari-depression-brain-lost-connections-book-interview |access-date=25 July 2018 |work=The Guardian}} Hari was suspended for two months from The Independent{{cite web |last=McAthy |first=Rachel |date=12 July 2011 |title=Orwell Prize Council begins investigation into Johann Hari|Johann Hari suspended for two months pending investigation |url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/johann-hari-suspended-for-two-months-pending-investigation/s2/a545128/ |work=journalism.co.uk |publisher=Mousetrap Media}}{{cite news |last=Deans |first=Jason |date=13 July 2011 |title=Journalist suspended over plagiarism row |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/12/johann-hari-suspended-independent |access-date=13 July 2011 |work=The Guardian |page=10}} and in January 2012 it was announced that he was leaving the newspaper.{{Cite web |date=20 January 2012 |title=Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jan/20/johann-hari-quits-the-independent |website=TheGuardian.com}}

Hari also subsequently returned the Orwell Prize for journalism, which he had received in 2008, after the prize council examined his submitted work and concluded, "the article contained inaccuracies and conflated different parts of someone else's story."{{Cite web |date=27 September 2011 |title=Orwell Prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/27/johann-hari-fresh-plagiarism-allegations |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

In one of the stories for which Hari won the Orwell Prize, he reported on atrocities in the Central African Republic, stating that French soldiers told him that "Children would bring us the severed heads of their parents and scream for help, but our orders were not to help them." However, an NGO worker who translated for Hari said that the quotation was invented and that Hari exaggerated the extent of the devastation in the CAR.{{Cite web|date=27 July 2011|title=Top UK Journalist Stripped Of Major Prize As Scandal Growns And Grows|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/johann-hari-orwell-prize_n_910818|access-date=11 January 2022|website=HuffPost UK|language=en}}{{Cite web |date=30 July 2011 |title=Johann Hari in Africa: the crucial emails – Telegraph Blogs |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100098789/johann-hari-in-africa-the-crucial-emails/ |access-date=11 January 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110730173427/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100098789/johann-hari-in-africa-the-crucial-emails/ |archive-date=30 July 2011 |url-status=dead}} In his apology after his plagiarism was exposed, Hari said that other staff of the NGO had supported his version of events.{{Cite web|date=14 September 2011|title=Johann Hari: A personal apology|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-a-personal-apology-2354679.html|access-date=12 January 2022|website=The Independent|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=14 September 2011|title=Johann Hari admits plagiarism and returns Orwell Prize {{!}} Media news|url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/johann-hari-admits-plagiarism-and-returns-orwell-prize/s2/a546013/|access-date=12 January 2022|website=www.journalism.co.uk}}

In a 2010 article about military robots, Hari falsely claimed that former Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi was attacked by a factory robot and was nearly killed.{{Cite web |date=22 January 2010 |title=Johann Hari: The age of the killer robot is no longer a sci-fi fantasy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/johann-hari-the-age-of-the-killer-robot-is-no-longer-a-scifi-fantasy-1875220.html |website=Independent.co.uk}}{{Cite web |date=26 January 2010 |title=Commentary on Killer Robots is Mostly Bunk |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/commentary-on-killer-robots-is-mostly-bunk}}{{Cite web |date=December 2011 |title=Dirty Hari |url=https://www.commentary.org/articles/jonathan-foreman/dirty-hari/}} Hari falsely claimed that a large globe erected for the Copenhagen climate summit was "covered with corporate logos" for McDonald's and Carlsberg, with "the Coke brand ... stamped over Africa."

Hari has been accused of misrepresenting writing by George Galloway, Eric Hobsbawm, Nick Cohen and Noam Chomsky.{{Cite news |author=Michael Weiss |title=Bloggers defy Britain's tough libel laws |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2175579/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012021206/http://www.slate.com/id/2175579/ |archive-date=12 October 2007 |access-date=12 January 2022 |work=Slate Magazine}}

In September 2011, Hari admitted that he had edited articles on Wikipedia about himself and journalists with whom he had had disputes. Using a sock puppet account under the name "David r from meth productions", he added false and defamatory claims to articles about journalists including Nick Cohen, Cristina Odone, Francis Wheen, Andrew Roberts, Niall Ferguson{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Nick |date=9 July 2011 |title=Diary |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/diary---9-july-2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804025853/http://www.spectator.co.uk/politics/all/7075743/diary.thtml |archive-date=4 August 2011 |access-date=28 July 2011 |newspaper=The Spectator |location=London}} and Oliver Kamm,{{cite news |author=Thompson, Damian |date=11 July 2011 |title=The scandal that will not go away |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100096411/the-scandal-that-will-not-go-away |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825110027/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100096411/the-scandal-that-will-not-go-away/ |archive-date=25 August 2011 |work=The Daily Telegraph blog}} and edited the article about himself "to make him seem one of the essential writers of our times".

Hari used the fake identity "David Rose" to pretend to be an editor who was qualified in environmental science.{{cite web |date=10 July 2011 |title="What's in a name? That which we call a Rose." |url=https://conservativehome.com/2011/07/10/whats-in-a-name-that-which-we-call-a-rose/}} This led to an investigation by the Wikipedia community and "David Rose" was blocked from Wikipedia.{{cite news |author=Allen Green, David |author-link=David Allen Green |date=15 September 2011 |title=The tale of Mr Hari and Dr Rose |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2011/09/hari-rose-wikipedia-admitted |access-date=22 September 2011 |work=New Statesman}} Hari published an apology in The Independent, admitting that he had been "David Rose" and writing: "I edited the entries of people I had clashed with in ways that were juvenile or malicious: I called one of them anti-Semitic and homophobic, and the other a drunk. I am mortified to have done this, because it breaches the most basic ethical rule: don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you. I apologise to the latter group unreservedly and totally."Hari, Johann (14 September 2011). [https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-a-personal-apology-2354679.html "A personal apology". The Independent.]

Hari used threats of suing for libel to prevent critics revealing his misrepresentations.{{Cite web |date=8 June 2021 |title=The tale of Mr Hari and Dr Rose |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2011/09/hari-rose-wikipedia-admitted |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}} British bloggers criticised his critique of Nick Cohen's What's Left: How Liberals Lost Their Way for factual and interpretive errors. Hari used libel law against a blogger who wrote that "a reputation for making things up should spell career death", leading to the blogger removing the post in question.

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Hari's 2015 book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs critiques the global prohibition of illicit drugs.{{cite web |last=Hari |first=Johann |url=http://johannhari.com/2012/01/20/a-short-update/ |title=Update |publisher=Johannhari.com |date=20 January 2012 |access-date=17 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118175610/http://johannhari.com/2012/01/20/a-short-update/ |archive-date=18 January 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/chasing-the-scream-9781408857854/|title=Chasing the Scream

|website=Bloomsbury Publishing}} Hari argues that prohibition, drug laws, and the persecution of people who use drugs collectively do more harm to people and society than the drugs themselves.{{Cite news |date=2015-07-18 |last=Lupick | first=Travis |authorlink=Travis Lupick |title=Johann Hari's Chasing the Scream looks to Vancouver for a start to the end of the war on drugs |url=https://www.straight.com/life/491366/johann-haris-chasing-scream-looks-vancouver-start-end-war-drugs |access-date=2024-12-03 |work=The Georgia Straight |language=en}} Hari posits that illicit drug use and most addictions are neither primarily character flaws nor genetic disorders, but rather responses to negative experiences and/or a lack of supportive relationships.

The book covers the history of drug prohibition, starting in early 20th-century America. Figures discussed in the book include jazz singer Billie Holiday, the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics Harry J. Anslinger, and gangster Arnold Rothstein. With additional reporting on contemporary subjects, Hari advocates for decriminalization, harm reduction, and treatment as alternatives to punishment.

Lost Connections discusses depression, anxiety, and related mental health issues, arguing in favor of the biopsychosocial model that these conditions are caused by a combination of chemical imbalances in the brain and in social, environmental, and psychological factors, such as access to meaningful work, proximity to friends and family, and past experiences with childhood trauma.

In the book Hari emphasises the importance of human connection in mental well-being. Hari attributes superficial interactions and increasing isolation to an increase in feelings of loneliness and disconnection, which can correlate with long-term conditions such as depression and anxiety. In the second half the book he discusses possible solutions to these mental health conditions, highlighting the importance of meaningful relationships, community involvement, and a sense of purpose in combating mental illness. Hari cites his own childhood issues, career challenges, and experiences with antidepressants and psychotherapy as the motivation for writing the book.

Hari emphasises that someone who is taking anti-depressant medications should not stop taking them without first seeking professional advice.{{cite news |last1=Burnett |first1=Dean |title=Is everything Johann Hari knows about depression wrong? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2018/jan/08/is-everything-johann-hari-knows-about-depression-wrong-lost-connections |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=8 January 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Sturges |first1=Fiona |title=Lost Connections by Johann Hari review – too many drugs, not enough understanding |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/17/lost-connections-johann-hari-review |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=17 January 2018}}

Hari's 2022 book, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again argues that people’s declining attention spans are not due to personal failings, but rather are the result of modern technology.{{Cite web |date=2 January 2022 |title=Your attention didn't collapse. It was stolen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/02/attention-span-focus-screens-apps-smartphones-social-media |first=Johann |last=Hari |access-date=11 January 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en}}

As with his previous books, Stolen Focus presents a mix of research, interviews, and first-person narrative. Hari identifies twelve factors which he says contribute to an "attention crisis". Examples include technology addictions such as social media, the increased prevalence of chronic stress, the decline of children's exposure to outdoor play and independent exploration, and the purported influence of ultra-processed foods on brain functions. Hari suggests that late-stage capitalism's emphasis on profits over human well-being is partly to blame. He criticizes the tech industry for designing products that exploit people to maximize engagement. Stolen Focus also discusses the impacts of sleep deprivation and the lack of opportunities for meaningful work. Hari calls for collective action and suggests a focus on societal changes, rather than personal action.

The book debuted at number seven on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending 12 February 2022.{{Cite news |title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction – Best Sellers |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/02/27/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/ |access-date=18 February 2022 }} Stolen Focus was listed as one of the Financial Times' "best books" of 2022.{{Cite news |last=Rachman |first=Gideon |date=2022-11-25 |title=Best books of 2022: Politics |url=https://www.ft.com/content/76ec6181-1678-4ce3-9e59-508b126145cc |access-date=2025-01-13 |work=Financial Times}} Psychologist Stuart J. Ritchie criticised Stolen Focus for over-relying on personal anecdotes while failing to cite strong evidence for the existence of shrinking attention spans.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/too-few-of-us-are-paying-attention-to-the-problems-with-johann-hari-s-new-book-1.4775651 |title=Too few of us are paying attention to the problems with Johann Hari's new book |first=Hugh |last=Linehan |publisher=The Irish Times |date=15 January 2022 |access-date=14 February 2022}} The Sydney Morning Herald recommended the book for people interested in the subject, while describing it as mostly a retelling of research already covered in other publications.{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Jenna |date=2022-04-14 |title=This book comes highly recommended – but can you focus long enough to read it? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/this-book-comes-highly-recommended-but-can-you-focus-long-enough-to-read-it-20220325-p5a7x6.html |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} Karlin Lillington, writing for the Irish Times, praised Stolen Focus for being a more accessible companion to Shoshana Zuboff's work on surveillance capitalism, but says Hari sometimes goes too far in reducing complex topics to bullet points.{{Cite news |last=Lillington |first=Karlin |title=Stolen Focus by Johann Hari: Social media, technology and why you can't pay attention |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/stolen-focus-by-johann-hari-social-media-technology-and-why-you-can-t-pay-attention-1.4752055 |access-date=2025-02-13 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}

The writer Matthew Sweet investigated some of the statements in the book and found that Hari had failed to cite the primary sources for some studies, and misrepresented the results of studies that suggested multitasking could have benefits in certain conditions. Sweet called on the publisher to withdraw the book for misinterpreting its sources.{{cite news |last1=Arnold-Forster |first1=Agnes |title=Still the Same |url=https://reallifemag.com/still-the-same/ |access-date=12 February 2025 |work=Real Life |date=27 June 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Robbie |title=Londoner's Diary: It's Sweet v Hari round two as critic slams 'dangerous' book |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/matthew-sweet-johann-hari-giles-coren-b976469.html |access-date=12 February 2025 |work=Evening Standard |date=13 January 2022 |language=en}} {{br}} Citing {{Cite web|title=Thread by @DrMatthewSweet on Thread Reader App|url=https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1479125910896975877.html|access-date=11 January 2022|website=threadreaderapp.com}} An author of one of the papers Hari cited intervened to state that he was "not happy with misrepresentation of our results".{{Cite web |title=The strange rehabilitation of Johann Hari |url=https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/06/13/the-strange-rehabilitation-of-johann-hari/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=www.spiked-online.com |language=en-GB}}https://x.com/lorenz_spreen/status/1479486880429355014 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

Hari responded by saying he had described the studies in question accurately.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Robbie |title=Londoner's Diary: It's Sweet v Hari round two as critic slams 'dangerous' book |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/matthew-sweet-johann-hari-giles-coren-b976469.html |access-date=12 February 2025 |work=Evening Standard |date=13 January 2022 |language=en}} {{br}} Citing {{Cite web|title=Thread by @DrMatthewSweet on Thread Reader App|url=https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1479125910896975877.html|access-date=11 January 2022|website=threadreaderapp.com}}

Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs, explores the development and rise in popularity of semaglutide medications for type 2 diabetes and obesity. The book focuses on the best-known of these medicines, Novo Nordisk’s brand-name Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for weight loss, but its findings are applicable to semaglutide drugs in general.

Both The Telegraph and Booklist gave positive reviews.{{Cite news |last=Nuki |first=Paul |date=2024-04-29 |title=Why Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs are more dangerous than you think |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/magic-pill-by-johann-hari-review-ozempic-wegovy/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Magic-Pill-The-Extraordinary-Benefits-and-Disturbing-Risks-of-the-New-Weight-Loss-Drugs-/pid=9793094 |title=Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs, by By Johann Hari. {{!}} Booklist Online}} Writing for The Guardian, Tom Chivers criticised the use of references which did not support the book's claims, as well as scientific inaccuracies.{{Cite news |last=Chivers |first=Tom |date=2024-05-01 |title=Magic Pill by Johann Hari review – weighing in |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/may/01/magic-pill-by-johann-hari-review-weighing-in |access-date=2024-08-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} A fact check by The Daily Telegraph found six examples of "errors, outdated data and disputed claims".{{Cite news |last=Shirreff |first=Lauren |date=2024-05-29 |title=We fact-checked a famous plagiarist's book on Ozempic—and uncovered a string of errors |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/fact-checking-magic-pill-johann-hari-ozempic/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}

Hari delivered a presentation based on Chasing the Scream at the 2015 TED Conference.{{Cite web |title=The Opposite of Addiction is Connection {{!}} Psychology Today |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/love-and-sex-in-the-digital-age/201509/the-opposite-addiction-is-connection |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.psychologytoday.com |language=en-US}}

Hari was a producer and writer for the 2021 film The United States vs. Billie Holiday.{{Cite news |title=Producer Talks New Film, 'The United States Vs. Billie Holiday' |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/972324631/producer-talks-new-film-the-united-states-vs-billie-holiday |access-date=2025-04-03 |work=NPR |language=en}} He was also an executive producer on the 2022 eight-part documentary television series The Fix.{{Cite web |title=Roku Channel slates Samuel L. Jackson-narrated drug war docuseries "The Fix" |url=https://realscreen.com/2022/01/14/roku-channel-slates-samuel-l-jackson-narrated-drug-war-docuseries-the-fix/ |access-date=2025-04-03}}

As of 2018, Hari was working on a biography of Noam Chomsky.{{Cite web |last=Heller |first=Emily |date=2018-04-16 |title=4 books that support the argument that depression is largely a product of modern society |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/4/16/17176576/johann-hari-book-recommendations-the-ezra-klein-show-amazon |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}

• Student News Journalist of the Year by The Times, 2000{{cite news |first=Sally |last=Morris |work=The Times |location=London |title=Future Perfect |date=15 June 2000}}
• Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards, 2003{{cite news|title=British Press Awards: Past Winners |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=39598 |work=Press Gazette |access-date=17 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320035609/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=39598 |archive-date=20 March 2012 }}
• Newspaper Journalist of the Year at Amnesty International Media Awards, 2007, for the article The Dark Side of Dubai{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html|title=The dark side of Dubai|website=Independent.co.uk|access-date=25 July 2018|date=7 April 2009}}
• Author of Story of the Year at the Environmental Press Awards, 2008{{cite news |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=42532 |title=Winners announced for Environmental Press Awards |work=Press Gazette |location=London |date=26 November 2008 |access-date=31 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616191418/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=42532 |archive-date=16 June 2011 }}
• Orwell Prize for political journalism, 2008{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/4977814.stm |work=BBC News |title=Johann Hari |date=5 May 2006 |access-date=6 May 2010}} (withdrawn 2011)
• Journalist of the Year at the Stonewall Awards, 2009{{cite news |title=Independent journalist wins Stonewall award |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/independent-journalist-wins-stonewall-award-1816698.html |work=The Independent |date=7 November 2009 |access-date=7 November 2009 |location=London}}
• Newspaper Journalist of the Year at Amnesty International Media Awards, 2010,{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=11834 |title=AIUK Media Awards: Winners and Nominees 2010 |publisher=Amnesty International UK |access-date=17 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314043143/http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=11834 |archive-date=14 March 2012 }} for the article Congo's tragedy: The War the World Forgot{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/congos-tragedy-the-war-the-world-forgot-6101835.html|title=Congo's tragedy: the war the world forgot|website=Independent.co.uk|access-date=25 July 2018|date=5 May 2006}}
• Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, 2010{{cite news |url=http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/wire/6554 |title=Johann Hari picks up Martha Gellhorn Prize |work=Press Gazette blog |location=London |date=24 May 2010 |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=25 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725054148/http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/wire/6554 |url-status=dead }}

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• {{cite book |author=Johann Hari |title=God Save the Queen? |year=2002 |publisher=Icon Books |isbn=978-1-84046-401-6}}
• {{cite book |author=Johann Hari |title=Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs |year=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-1-62040-890-2|title-link=Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs }}
• {{cite book |author=Johann Hari |title=Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions |year=2018 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-1-63286-830-5}}
• {{cite book |author=Johann Hari |title=Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention |year=2021 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-1-5266-2022-4}}
• Johann Hari (2024). Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-52667015.

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