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Amy Drozdowska
Former Story Editor, Narrative Podcasts
Amy Drozdowska was the Story Editor of Vox’s narrative podcasts – including The Impact and Future Perfect.
Formerly Amy was a staff producer for WBEZ Chicago, a producer and host with Radio Netherlands Worldwide, and a contributor to radio shows like This American Life, The World and 99% Invisible. She also produced the audio for PBS Digital Studios’ animated series Blank on Blank.
As recipient of a Fulbright, she worked with the English Section of Polish Radio as a consulting editor, trainer and contributing producer. Amy later co-created Warsaw’s first official audio tour, as well as produced Polish language work for Polish Radio’s award-winning Features and Documentary section (Studio Reportażu i Dokumentu).
Amy’s audio work has won honors including a Third Coast Audio Festival Award, a national Edward R. Murrow Award, and a Peabody.
Latest articles by Amy Drozdowska
![Factory farms are an ideal breeding ground for the next pandemic](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21887844/151063375.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.65564738292%2C0%2C70.68870523416%2C100&w=2400)
![Factory farms are an ideal breeding ground for the next pandemic](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21887844/151063375.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.8448947778644%2C100%2C94.310210444271&w=2400)
One researcher says we are “playing Russian roulette.”
![How factory farms are making the antibiotics we use less effective against disease](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21949432/588329618.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![How factory farms are making the antibiotics we use less effective against disease](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21949432/588329618.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Two scientists explain the public health risks posed by factory farms — and how we might solve the problem.
![Growing chicken is big business. So why are many farmers forced into debt they can’t pay off?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3454208/GettyImages_120083561.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.026850032744%2C0%2C65.946299934512%2C100&w=2400)
![Growing chicken is big business. So why are many farmers forced into debt they can’t pay off?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3454208/GettyImages_120083561.0.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.54027504911591%2C0%2C98.919449901768%2C100&w=2400)
A “recovering poultry grower” explains why he gave up factory farming.
![Where the US already has a border wall with Mexico](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19714982/2Surveillance_and_kids_clothes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Where the US already has a border wall with Mexico](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19714982/2Surveillance_and_kids_clothes.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Nearly 25 years ago, the federal government divided Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, with a wall that looks a lot like the one President Trump wants to extend along the southern border.
![Free college tuition helps, but it’s not a silver bullet](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19705463/IMG_5851.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.46130952381%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Free college tuition helps, but it’s not a silver bullet](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19705463/IMG_5851.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A long-running program in Kalamazoo shows that students need more than tuition to make it through to graduation.
![How Canada lifted nearly 300,000 kids out of poverty in a single year](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19697740/Image_from_iOS__24_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![How Canada lifted nearly 300,000 kids out of poverty in a single year](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19697740/Image_from_iOS__24_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5555555555556%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
The Canadian government gives parents money each month. Listen to this episode of The Impact to find out how the program has made a real difference.
![Why some Australians are paying for private health care they don’t want to use](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19577424/0Q1A6301.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why some Australians are paying for private health care they don’t want to use](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19577424/0Q1A6301.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Listen to this episode of The Impact podcast to learn what Australian health care can teach the US about a public option.
![Taiwan’s single-payer system is popular — but it might be in trouble](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19569427/_68A1865.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=27.333333333333%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Taiwan’s single-payer system is popular — but it might be in trouble](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19569427/_68A1865.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The US can learn a lot from Taiwan’s 25 years with a single-payer health insurance system.
![How Germany helped make renewable energy cheap for the rest of the world](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19577842/HJF_with_solar_panels.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.1259920634921%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
![How Germany helped make renewable energy cheap for the rest of the world](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19577842/HJF_with_solar_panels.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C88.888888888889&w=2400)
One man, some very old solar panels, and a law that looks a lot like part of the proposed US Green New Deal helped transform the way Germany gets its power.
![A plan to reverse the war on drugs, from the Vietnam War era](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19539337/78737751.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.416666666667%2C0%2C69.166666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![A plan to reverse the war on drugs, from the Vietnam War era](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19539337/78737751.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.8072289156626%2C100%2C96.385542168675&w=2400)
What Democrats running for president have learned from President Ford on criminal justice.