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Joss Fong

Joss Fong

Former Senior Editorial Producer

Joss was a founding member of the Vox video team and a producer focused on science and tech. Her work has been recognized by the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards, the Online Journalism Awards, and the News & Documentary Emmys. She holds a master’s degree in science, health, and environmental reporting from NYU. You can reach her at joss@vox.com.

Latest articles by Joss Fong

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Why a total solar eclipse is a life-changing event, according to 8 eclipse chasersWhy a total solar eclipse is a life-changing event, according to 8 eclipse chasers
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“You never forget your first kiss … you always remember your first time in the shadow,” says one eclipse chaser.

By Brian Resnick and Joss Fong
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AI can do your homework. Now what?AI can do your homework. Now what?
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Students and teachers grapple with the rise of the chatbots.

By Joss Fong
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The tricky plan for “negative emissions”The tricky plan for “negative emissions”
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Will carbon dioxide removal work? It has to.

By Joss Fong
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A fact-checked debate about legal weedA fact-checked debate about legal weed
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Two opposing perspectives and six true facts about cannabis legalization.

By Joss Fong and Laura Bult
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Who’s really using up the water in the American West?Who’s really using up the water in the American West?
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Hint: Water scarcity in the Western US has more to do with our diets than our lawns.

By Laura Bult and Joss Fong
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The fall (and rise?) of unions in the USThe fall (and rise?) of unions in the US
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We answered a viewer’s question about the decline of unionization.

By Joss Fong
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The text-to-image revolution, explainedThe text-to-image revolution, explained
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How programmers turned the internet into a paintbrush.

By Joss Fong
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, explained in 8 momentsVolodymyr Zelenskyy, explained in 8 moments
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Zelenskyy’s rise in Ukraine, from TV star to president.

By Joss Fong, Halley Brown and 2 more
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How American conservatives turned against the vaccineHow American conservatives turned against the vaccine
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The partisan pandemic, explained in 15 charts.

By Joss Fong
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Why the new space telescope looks so strangeWhy the new space telescope looks so strange
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A NASA astrophysicist explains humanity’s big new toy.

By Joss Fong