Josh Dzieza Profile and Activity

Investigations Editor

Josh Dzieza is a feature writer and investigations editor at The Verge, where he covers technology, science, business, and their human impacts. He joined The Verge in 2014 and has reported on topics including the strange world of Amazon Marketplace, Foxconn’s failed factory in Wisconsin, and the growing market for beach sand in a world of rising sea levels. In partnership with New York Magazine, he has also written cover stories on the hidden labor behind artificial intelligence and the difficulties facing app-based food delivery workers.

His work has been recognized with a Loeb Award for feature writing, a Science in Society Journalism Award, as a finalist for the James Beard award for investigative reporting, and as a finalist for feature writing by the American Society of Magazine Editors.

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Josh Dzieza Nov 27

Investigators suspect submarine data cables were deliberately cut.

Earlier this year, I wrote about the difficult work of repairing subsea cables and their increasing geopolitical importance.

Today, The Wall Street Journal reports investigators believe a Chinese freighter deliberately dragged its anchor for 100 miles along the Baltic seabed last week, severing two cables: one between Sweden and Lithuania and another linking Finland and Germany. They are looking into whether it is linked to Russia, which has denied involvement.

The repair ship Cable Vigilance has already begun work on the Germany-Finland cable, according to Finnish broadcaster YLE.

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The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat

Josh Dzieza

Apr 16

Kevin Nguyen Apr 4

Gig workers deliver food, John Oliver delivers punch lines.

Last Week Tonight’s segment about food delivery pulls heavily from Josh Dzieza’s terrific, award-winning feature, with a strong reminder to always tip.