Josh is a reporter based in Berlin. He tracks and debunks viral disinformation for Germany’s public broadcaster Deutsche Welle using OSINT tools such as web scraping, social media analysis and geolocation.
He came to Germany as a Fulbright journalism fellow to investigate far-right networks on Telegram.
He previously wrote two science newsletters for Nature on AI and climate change, reaching a combined 100,000 subscribers.
Before moving to Berlin, Josh reported on emergent tech for Bloomberg Government and the 2020 election for The Star-Ledger, where he was part of the team that won the Toner Prize for Excellence in Local Political Reporting. He also worked as an Associate Producer at CNN.
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.
Josh spent most of his time in college reporting for the school newspaper, The Tulane Hullabaloo. His data-driven investigation into Tulane’s admissions practices won a national college journalism award.
When Josh isn’t reporting, he’s running (naturally, where the best story ideas come from). He wrote a cover story for The Berliner about Berlin’s multi-faceted running scene.
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