Keach Hagey

Keach Hagey is an American journalist and non-fiction writer.

Early life and education Hagey grew up in Evansville, Indiana. She has a bachelor's and a master's in English literature from Stanford University.

Career Hagey is a media reporter at The Wall Street Journal where she covers the intersection and interplay between tech companies like Facebook and Google on one side and the media on the other. as well as 21st Century Fox, Time Warner, and Viacom for the Journal. Rupert Murdoch, Arianna Huffington, Katie Couric, Jeff Zucker, Jeff Bewkes, Shane Smith and Nancy Dubuc. CBS News, and The Village Voice. She interned for Wayne Barrett at The Village Voice.

She started her career with the Queens Chronicle. Hagey discussed the book in interviews with Brian Lamb of C-SPAN and with Peter Kafka on the Recode Media podcast.

In 2025, Hagey published a biography of Sam Altman titled The Optimist Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future. James Ball reviewed the book for The Guardian. Tim Wu reviewed the book in The New York Times. Hagey spoke with Vanity Fair'''s then editor in chief Radhika Jones, then executive editor Claire Howorth, and then editor Michael Calderone about Altman's views, ambitions, and career.

Personal life Hagey is married to Wesley Harris. She met Harris while interning at The Village Voice''.