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Josh Neufeld

(He/Him)
  • Nonfiction Cartoonist and Comics Journalist, Freelance
New York, United States
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Covers:  social issues, health equity, ethnicity & religion, science & technology, privacy, disasters, humor
Comics journalist, illustrator, teacher. #Brooklyn #SFGiants

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Josh Neufeld’s Biography

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Josh Neufeld is a comics journalist known for his graphic narratives of political and social upheaval, told through the voices of witnesses. He is the writer/artist of the bestselling nonfiction graphic novel A.D.: NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE DELUGE (Pantheon). In addition, he is the illustrator of the bestselling graphic nonfiction book THE INFLUENCING MACHINE: BROOKE GLADSTONE ON THE MEDIA (W.W. Norton). He was a 2013 Knight-Wallace fellow in journalism at the University of Michigan. Neufeld is a G…

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Comic illustrates real-life fight on the West Side to lower blood pressure, save Black lives

Comic illustrates real-life fight on the West Side to lower blood pressure, save Black lives

The story of Rush University Medical Center and a coalition of West Side churches is told via journalist Josh…

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Empathy 101

Empathy 101

A comics journalist looks at how medical schools have explored improv comedy, VR and comics to foster empathy…

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Kansas City and the case for restitutional medicine

Kansas City and the case for restitutional medicine

Reparations might help improve health outcomes. Kansas City, a city with significant disparities in wealth an…

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Vaccinated at the ball: A true story about trusted messengers in public health

Vaccinated at the ball: A true story about trusted messengers in public health

Comics journalist Josh Neufeld tells the story of an effort in 2021 to increase COVID vaccination rates in Ch…

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Clean slate: A student debt forgiveness story

Clean slate: A student debt forgiveness story

Is student loan forgiveness a real thing? In this comic, Samuel Autman reveals his journey to find out if its…

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Thinking Outside the Casket

Thinking Outside the Casket

How do you want your body to be posed at your funeral?

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Articles

A.D. archives acquired by the Library of Congress

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By Josh Neufeld
| Substack
When Sara Duke of the Library of Congress first contacted me about acquiring A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, I assumed she meant a few pages of original artwork. I was wrong. They wanted everything. Sara explained that archiving the book meant the entire A.D. project — not just the finished artwork, but the scripts, notes, reference materials, production files, and other supporting materials.
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Before the doctor sees it: Test results in the era of instant access

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By Josh Neufeld
| Journalist's Resource
Republish this article This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You are free to republish this piece both online and in print, and we encourage you to do so with the embed code provided below. We only ask that you follow a few basic guidelines.
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

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By Josh Neufeld
| Teachers & Writers Magazine Verified
Through this Banned Book Writing Prompts series, Teachers & Writers Magazine aims to push back against the growing movement to censor what students can read and to show what happens when we enthusiastically embrace banned works rather than fear them. You can read an introduction to this series by Susan Karwoska here, and you can find more Banned Book Writing Prompts here. I make and teach comics, which means I spend a lot of time thinking about how stories work (or don’t).
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first comics journalism project was "Titans of Finance: True Tales of Money & Business," with writer R. Walker.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I loved my IBM Selectric -- used it all the way through high school.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Hard to choose between Tintin and Clark Kent...

Awards

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Graphic Medicine Award

2023 - Short-form

Outstanding health-related comic projects completed and/or published in 2023.

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Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Journalism

2012 - Fellowship

Awarded to mid-career journalists to allow fellows time to reflect on their careers and focus on honing their skills. Based at the University of Michigan.

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EPPY Award

2015 - Best Innovation Project on a Website

Administered by Editor & Publisher, honoring the best in digital media.

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