Ryan Grim is an influential journalist, co-founder of Drop Site News, and host of the podcast Deconstructed. Previously serving as D.C. Bureau Chief for The Intercept and Washington bureau chief for HuffPost, Grim has led award-winning investigative teams, including one that won a Pulitzer Prize and a Polk Award for a groundbreaking project on heroin treatment. He is also a co-host of the show Counter Points and has authored three books, with his latest, The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution, published in December 2023. Grim is recognized for his direct and challenging questions to State Department officials regarding Israeli military actions in the ongoing genocide.