Oliver Darcy

Oliver Darcy (born August 20, 1990 ) is an American journalist, founder and lead author of the newsletter Status, and former senior media reporter at CNN.

Early life Darcy's parents migrated to the United States from Iran. He has stated that he developed an interest in journalism during high school. He became the editor-in-chief at The Charger, his high school newspaper.

Career Darcy was the politics editor at Business Insider and deputy managing editor at The Blaze.

From 2017 to 2024, Darcy worked at CNN, beginning to write the network's Reliable Sources newsletter after Brian Stelter left the network in 2022. There, Darcy broke the news that a Tucker Carlson Tonight writer had a history of writing racist messages. Darcy announced in August 2024, that he would pursue an independent newsletter about the media industry,

Status Paid subscriptions to Status cost $15 per month, or $150 per year. In February 2025, Darcy brought former CNN editor Jon Passantino to Status. , Status had 85,000 total subscribers. Passantino and Darcy host a videocast entitled Power Lines based on their reporting, which began in July 2025.