Alex Newman

Alex Newman is a former executive editor of PRI.org.

Alex Newman is a former executive editor of PRI.org.She joined The World in 2017 as a data journalist and also served as deputy editor for the digital team. Previously, Alex worked on the interactive team at Al Jazeera America, where she was responsible for special projects using audio, video, data or graphics (or all of the above) and was the editorial lead for AJAM's award-winning mobile app. She also worked at the Pew Charitable Trusts, Home Front Communications, USA TODAY and the Reno Gazette-Journal. While at USA TODAY, Alex was the lead producer for a daily webcast from the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and shot video for a documentary covering the 2008 presidential inauguration. At the Reno Gazette-Journal, Alex worked as a police reporter and helped report an award-winning project about the dangers of methamphetamine. Alex has taught online and interactive journalism classes at the City University of New York, American University, the University of Maryland and the University of Nevada, Reno. She grew up in Reno, Nevada (pronounced Nev-AD-a, not Nev-AH-da) but has since lived in Washington, DC, New York City and Boston. She lives with a 25-year-old Hermann's tortoise named Captain Ahab and really likes bicycles.

Several men wearing hard hats work together to carry an injured man

On World Press Freedom Day, ‘a wake-up call’ as violence toward journalists rises worldwide

May 3, 2019Free speech

As the world marks World Press Freedom Day, those who track threats against journalists say the global climate is a grim one.

The statue of liberty and an American flag are on a blue sky, with words in Russian at the bottom of the image.

A guide to Russian ‘demotivator’ memes

March 11, 2018Culture

In this cartoon, a young boy is swinging from monkey bars and a piece of paperwork from Immigration is at his right

As US ends immigration programs, a mother and son wonder if they’ll ever be together again

February 28, 2018Global Politics

A woman holding a baby waits in line, above an open helping hand is extended.

Make your way through the maze of seeking asylum in the US

February 19, 2018Conflict

A woman is leaning on a fence, gazing over the water toward the Statue of Liberty

Follow along: Forms, fees and an interview for a US Diversity Lottery Program ‘winner’

February 12, 2018Economics

In this cartoon, a frowning boy in a pointed birthday hat sits in front of a cake with '21' written on it.

You’re a young student and your visa is tied to your parents. You’re about to age out. What do you do next?

February 12, 2018Justice

When Nikhil turns 21, he can no longer stay on his visa. How can he stay in the US and finish school?

A pink sign reading, "The future is female" is hoisted above the crowds of marchers, some of whom are wearing the signature pink pussy hats.

Marchers: ‘I want to stand with my sisters’

January 20, 2018Conflict

Protesters in New York share their thoughts about what makes the march different this year and why they participated.

A man sits at a sewing machine table and sews a blue plaid button up shirt. In front of him sits a large pile of identical shirts.

How do consumers make good choices about clothes? Spider silk and brand transparency.

December 6, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

We know that fast fashion is polluting the Earth, clogging landfills and underpaying workers. What can consumers do to make better choices?

Wear and Tear series: The women who make our clothes

December 4, 2017Jobs

Across Women’s Lives’ “Wear and Tear” series traces the roots of women in the garment industry from textile mills in North Carolina to sweatshops in Los Angeles to crowded factories in Bangladesh, where the memory of the deadly Rana Plaza disaster lingers but real change has been slow.

How fair is your fashion? Take the quiz.

December 4, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

Fast fashion is polluting the world’s air and water, filling landfills and overworking and underpaying workers. How does the shirt on your back contribute?