Josh is a reporter based in Berlin covering the the rise of extremism and the tech that enables it. He also writes two science newsletters for Nature, exploring the global impacts of artificial intelligence and climate change. You can read them here and here.
He came to Germany as a Fulbright journalism fellow to investigate far-right networks on Telegram. Before moving to Berlin, Josh reported on emergent tech for Bloomberg Government and the 2020 election for New Jersey’s Pulitzer-winning newspaper, The Star-Ledger.
He also worked as an Associate Producer at CNN, where he shepherded breaking news to homepages and crafted story framing for the world’s busiest news destination.
Josh began his career in the city of New Orleans, working as a digital content editor at The Advocate/Times-Picayune. In 2020, Josh graduated (virtually, thanks a lot COVID!) from Tulane University where he earned his Bachelors Degree in English, Political Economy and Jewish Studies and graduated summa cum laude. He wrote his honors thesis on the literature of New Jersey and spent most of his time in college reporting for the school newspaper, The Tulane Hullabaloo.
Josh is a lover of all things pop culture — and when he’s not reporting the news, he loves to write on eclectic topics like the photographer behind Bruce Springsteen’s album covers, hushed meetings of bibliophiles at “Silent Book Clubs” and a California church that worships John Coltrane as a saint.
Don’t hesitate to reach out, whether it’s to connect, pitch a story, or chat about your favorite Berlin-set movies (Run Lola Run, yay, Victoria, nay).
JOSH AXELROD 