Byron Tau is an investigative and enterprise journalist who specializes in law, courts, and national security. As a reporter for the Associated Press, he won a 2026 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for an “astonishing global investigation into state-of-the-art tools of mass surveillance.” Tau previously worked at The Wall Street Journal and Politico. A native of Holliston, Massachusetts, Tau has degrees from McGill University in Montreal and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
