Josh Neufeld, Author at The Journalist's Resource

Josh Neufeld

Comics journalist Josh Neufeld is the writer/artist of The New York Times bestseller "A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge," and the Xeric Award-winning graphic travelogue "A Few Perfect Hours (and Other Stories from Southeast Asia & Central Europe)." He was the illustrator of The New York Times bestseller "The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media." In addition, he was a longtime contributor to Harvey Pekar’s American Splendor. JoshComix.com.

Expert Commentary

Health, Race & Gender

A tale of two pandemics: A nonfiction comic about historical racial health disparities

by Josh Neufeld | November 16, 2020 March 7, 2021

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University delved into racial health disparities during the 1918 influenza pandemic — and what history can teach us about how to approach the current pandemic.

Expert Commentary

Politics & Government

A brief introduction to differential privacy: A data protection plan for the 2020 census

by Josh Neufeld | March 23, 2020 December 7, 2020

To help you understand the privacy protection plan for the 2020 census, we offer this graphic introduction to differential privacy by comics journalist Josh Neufeld.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Education, Health, Media, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

A graphic guide to the 2020 US census

by Josh Neufeld | December 2, 2019 December 6, 2020

To help you understand what to watch out for as the 2020 census gets underway, comics journalist Josh Neufeld created this graphic guide to the decennial count.

Editors’ Picks

Health, Politics & Government

4 tips for covering COVID-19 vaccine boosters

October 12, 2021

Confusion and controversy surrounding COVID-19 vaccine boosters underscore the importance of journalists’ role in clearly explaining the scientific process to the public. Here are four tips to help you with your reporting.

Education, Health, Politics & Government

4 tips for covering religious exemptions to vaccine mandates

September 28, 2021

Law professor Dorit Reiss, whose research focuses on vaccine mandates and religious exemptions, offers advice on how journalists should think about and cover these issues amid COVID-19.

Criminal Justice, Economics, Health

New economic research resurfaces debate about the link between legalized abortion and crime reduction

May 24, 2019

New research finds that legalized abortion following Roe v. Wade accounts for 45% of the decline in U.S. crime rates over the past three decades. Some other economists are not convinced.