Jess Kung : NPR

Jess Kung Jess Kung (they/them) is a production assistant on Code Switch.

Stories By

Jess Kung

Monday February 14, 2022

What internet outrage reveals about race and TikTok's algorithm

West Elm Caleb went from a local Hinge player to dating supervillain, the target of a massive, righteous internet investigation. An audience of millions helped uncover and blow up his personal information. Nicole Xu for NPR hide caption

toggle caption

Nicole Xu for NPR

Code Switch

What internet outrage reveals about race and TikTok's algorithm

February 14, 2022 • While it's good that many called out the overstep in reaction, it also made us think about the ways that these outrage cycles happen, and often get ignored, when people of color are involved.

Wednesday February 26, 2020

How A Graphic Novel Resurrected A Forgotten Chapter In American History

The Conestoga stand and face their final moments. Weshoyot Alvitre/Library Company of Philadelphia hide caption

toggle caption

Weshoyot Alvitre/Library Company of Philadelphia

Code Switch

How A Graphic Novel Resurrected A Forgotten Chapter In American History

February 26, 2020 • In Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga, Native artists retell the events of a brutal massacre in pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania and bring a painful history to life on the page.

Friday October 18, 2019

The gung-ho slogan adopted by some Marines became so well-known that it was turned into a 1943 movie. LMPC/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

LMPC/Getty Images

Code Switch

The Long, Strange Journey Of 'Gung-Ho'

October 18, 2019 • The word "gung-ho" used to mean "industrial cooperative." So, how did it come to describe that overeager middle-schooler taking high school math? On today's edition of Word Watch, we explore.

Wednesday September 11, 2019

Should Black Athletes Go To Black Schools?

An Alabama helmet on December 31, 2016, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA. Scott Donaldson/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Scott Donaldson/Getty Images

Code Switch

Should Black Athletes Go To Black Schools?

September 11, 2019 • Jemele Hill, a writer at The Atlantic, argues yes. She says doing so could benefit the colleges and the communities around them.

Should Black Athletes Go To Black Schools?

Listen · 4:51 4:51

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/410268200/759899479" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Saturday August 31, 2019

Yifan Wu for NPR

Code Switch

Should Your Avatar's Skin Match Yours?

August 31, 2019 • In a video game, you can try on different identities. But the rules of the real world don't always translate to the fantasy world.

Wednesday July 10, 2019

Angela Saini, author of Superior: The Return of Race Science. Henrietta Garden hide caption

toggle caption

Henrietta Garden

Code Switch

Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?

July 10, 2019 • We talked to Angela Saini, author of the new book Superior: The Return of Race Science, about how race isn't real (but you know ... still is) and how race science crept its way into the 21st century.

Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?

Listen · 22:14 22:14

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/416496218/740235557" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Monday June 3, 2019

The Ramadan Podcast Where Muslims Take It Up A Notch From 'Islam 101'

Illustration of Misha Euceph, host of KPCC's "Tell Them I Am," and Tan France from "Queer Eye." Emmen Ahmed/KPCC hide caption

toggle caption

Emmen Ahmed/KPCC

Code Switch

The Ramadan Podcast Where Muslims Take It Up A Notch From 'Islam 101'

June 3, 2019 • In the KPCC podcast "Tell Them, I Am," host and producer Misha Euceph aims to give Muslims a space to define their identities outside of stereotypes and broad generalizations.