Josh Dzieza

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. Bluesky, Twitter: @joshdzieza Threads: @jdzieza Signal: @joshdzieza.06

The laid-off lawyers and PhDs training AI to steal their careers

Experienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy.

Josh DziezaMar 10

Why is AI so bad at reading PDFs?

PDFs are notoriously difficult for machines to parse, in part, because they were never meant to be read by them.

Josh DziezaFeb 23

Who’s making the most money in AI? It’s not who you think

The fastest growing companies in the world aren’t AI companies, but the startups that supply them with warm bodies.

Josh Dzieza and Hayden FieldDec 15, 2025

How Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks

The world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack.

Josh DziezaSep 4, 2025

What do you love when you fall for AI?

Josh DziezaDec 3, 2024

Josh DziezaNov 27, 2024

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 DziezaApr 16, 2024

Kevin NguyenApr 4, 2024

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.