{"id":2186,"date":"2025-10-28T11:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:11:35","slug":"alumni-spotlight-joshua-chong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/alumni-spotlight-joshua-chong\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Spotlight &#8211; Joshua Chong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>name and occupation<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joshua Chong, arts critic and reporter at the <em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>when were you at NT?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I technically graduated in 2019, but went on to take a fifth year, which was one of the best decisions I\u2019ve ever made.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>favourite memory<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I have very fond memories of <em>Graffiti <\/em>editorial meetings, held every Wednesday at lunch in Mr. Zohar\u2019s room. I always enjoyed debating current events, and digging into the latest news.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>how did your time at NT inform\/shape you?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If not for <em>Graffiti<\/em>, I would not be in journalism. It\u2019s as simple as that. And funnily enough, I actually learned more about the craft of journalism at NTCI than in university. I also met three of my best friends in high school, and we\u2019re still in touch to this day. So, I\u2019m grateful for that, too.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>advice to your high school self?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High school is a roller coaster. You have mountainous peaks, rock-bottom lows, bumps, swerves and everything in between. You can either grip onto the handle and clench your jaw in fear. Or put your arms up and just enjoy the ride. Do the latter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/josh-chong-headshot-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/josh-chong-headshot-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/josh-chong-headshot-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/josh-chong-headshot-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/josh-chong-headshot-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/josh-chong-headshot-2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/josh-chong-headshot-2.jpg 1763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit <strong>Nicholas Lachance\/Toronto Star<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","category-alumni-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2193,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions\/2193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}