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Christopher Farley is an award-winning journalist and author. He joined CNBC in September 2026 as senior editor, strategic verticals.
Prior to CNBC, Farley worked as a senior editor for The Wall Street Journal and Time. He has also worked as an executive editor for Audible and as a senior director for PBS.
Farley’s nonfiction books include “Aaliyah: More Than a Woman,” which was adapted into a television movie for Lifetime, and “Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley.” His novels include “Who Knows You by Heart,” a literary thriller about artificial intelligence that The New York Times called “an era-defining novel.”
Farley served as consulting producer for the Peabody-winning HBO documentary “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown.” He also co-wrote and co-edited the book “The Blues,” the companion volume to Martin Scorsese’s PBS documentary series.
Farley holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard University and is a former editor of The Harvard Lampoon. His honors include an NAACP Image Award and a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. He and his wife have two children.
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