Gabriel Hongsdusit

Visual Designer

Gabriel Hongsdusit is the visual designer at The Markup. Previously, he was the design and visuals editor at Reveal, where he was responsible for the overall design and visual direction of the newsroom, which included illustrations, editorial design, product design, photo editing, and data graphics. Before that, he was the design apprentice for the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Gabe graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and Mandarin Chinese. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

gabriel@themarkup.org @ghongsdusit

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The Breakdown

How to Sign Up for Local Emergency Alerts Before Natural Disasters Strike

We know early warning systems save lives. Give yourself extra time when disasters come your way

August 30, 2024 08:00 ET

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Hello World

Rejecting Dogmas Around AI, User Privacy, and Tech Policy

A conversation with AI scientist Jonathan Frankle

August 17, 2024 08:00 ET

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Hello World

The ‘Unsettling,’ Nearly Normalized Surveillance Tech Monitoring the U.S.-Mexico Border

“At any given moment, there is something or someone watching you,” sociologist Francisco Lara-García tells The Markup

August 10, 2024 08:00 ET

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Premium Penalty

Using Illustration To Help Investigations Stay Grounded and Approachable

Taking inspiration from The Simpsons and Chevron commercials, we created an illustrated explainer to ground our storytelling

August 3, 2024 08:00 ET

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ID Scanners Can Change How Your Local Bar Treats You—and Whether It Lets You In

Patronscan can help bar owners decide you are too risky for admission

July 27, 2024 08:00 ET

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Pixel Hunt

Department of Education Sued Following Markup Investigation Into FAFSA Data Shared with Facebook

Advocates want answers after The Markup found the department sharing student data with Meta

July 26, 2024 10:01 ET

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Digital Book Banning

Frustrated by School Web Filters, One Teenager Created His Own

During early COVID lockdowns, a teen raised $1.8 million in venture funding and built a web filter with a team of data scientists and psychologists that he now hopes will help students safely surf the web

July 24, 2024 08:30 ET