Jacob Axelrad writes for the Innovation desk at The Christian Science Monitor, covering new developments in technology and the cyber world.
Originally from Los Angeles, CA he attended the University of Michigan where he worked as a writer and editor for his student newspaper, The Michigan Daily. He previously interned for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Michigan Radio, the NPR affiliate covering lower Michigan.
His first story for the Monitor was filed from Oujda, Morocco, where he reported on refugees seeking asylum over the course of four months in 2013, where he studied journalism and Arabic.
Stories by Jacob Axelrad
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- USA Update Study: 5 trillion-plus pieces of plastic floating in ocean. What can be done?
- USA Update Detroit to emerge from 'historic' bankruptcy Wednesday
- USA Update Ferguson library, a community pillar during unrest, gets $350,000 in donations
- USA Update Operation Santa brings holiday cheer to remote Alaskan villages
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