Challenging technology to serve the public good.
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.
Languages of Misinformation
Videos on China’s TikTok, Douyin, give Chinese migrants step-by-step instructions on how to get to the United States—and then leave them stranded upon arrival
Languages of Misinformation
Sonia Ohlala borrows heavily from right-wing media outlets and even broadcast from Washington DC on the day of the Capitol riots. But who is she?
Hello World
Digital collections put library patrons’ privacy at risk
Pixel Hunt
More than 200 national and regional lenders share sensitive user data with Facebook. Experts say it might be illegal
Hello World
Jonathan Soma on the power and pitfalls of AI and chatbots
Still Loading
More than half of the House supports a bill to extend funds. But it can’t get out of committee
The Breakdown
Simple steps to take before hitting the streets
Hello World
Christelle Tessono talks with the Markup about how AI systems are still mostly monitored by the companies that build them
Languages of Misinformation
Using slides, hand gestures, and the Vietnamese vocabulary of a five-year-old, we talked about fake faces
Digital Book Banning
Educators describe scrapped lesson plans, laborious appeal processes, and digital dysfunction in response to The Markup’s latest investigation
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