Josh Axelrad

editorial director

(he/him)

Josh Axelrad has spent his professional career in journalism and content development. He joined Linksbridge in 2021 to oversee global health news services, and today he manages a strategic communications team that helps NGOs, IGOs, and nonprofits communicate clearly and efficiently. Before joining Linksbridge, Josh served as managing editor of a corporate governance newsletter that was acquired by Financial Times. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, the Daily Beast, and other venues. Author of a memoir published by Penguin Press in the U.S. and Ebury in the U.K., Josh has been interviewed on Bloomberg Television, NPR’s Marketplace, WNYC, KUOW, BBC Radio 4, and elsewhere, and was a three-time featured presenter on The Moth Radio Hour. He earned his bachelor’s in philosophy at Columbia University.