Alex is a Boise-based journalist reporting for the Idaho Statesman
Experience
Idaho Statesman | 2022 - NOW
Breaking News + Criminal Justice Reporter
Cover daily breaking news, producing on average five to seven stories a week.
Update our court spreadsheet weekly, which has over 60+ cases, to stay on top of various local and federal criminal court cases, making sure myself or another reporter attends specific hearings, trials and sentencings when needed.
Produce roughly two longer-form enterprise stories a month as a part of our accountability team.
Strive to produce equitable crime coverage, by following all court cases where an alleged suspect is named through the criminal justice system from an initial appearance to sentencing or dismissal.
Meet bi-weekly as a member of the Statesman’s Clean Slate committee. Review applicantions and determine which of our prior crime stories can be deindexed or removed from our website.
The Post and Courier | 2021
Local Government reporter
Attended regular city and county meetings weekly to stay informed on the activities of the county.
Wrote, edited and photographed daily content for our local bureau; producing on average four to six stories a week.
Pitched and wrote content ranging from government budgets, environmental issues, education and breaking news.
Created and wrote a weekly newsletter using Campaign Monitor to build it.
The Arizona Republic | 2020 - 2021
Bioscience Fellow
Pitched bioscience and COVID-19-related stories. Writing independently and producing short and long-term stories.
Created graphics and video content for my own stories.
Produced stories as a part of the Audience team. Copy editing stories and embedding them with images and multimedia content.
USA TODAY | 2019
Audience and Graphics Intern
Worked with the Audience Team to create graphics and designs for USA TODAY’s social and web presence as part of a nine-week internship.
Covered various live events, including a Cirque du Soleil show, throughout Washington D.C on USA TODAY’s Instagram stories.
Created stagnant and motion graphics for Twitter, Instagram and Facebook with the use of Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Argonaut | 2018 - 2020
News Editor
Prev: LIFE Editor • Visual Editor
Ran and managed the news team for The Argonaut, restructuring the section by creating a breaking news schedule and defining reporters’ beats.
Collaborated with nine other editors to push out daily content online and as a part of the weekly print publication.
Worked with the production manager to design the paper with Adobe InDesign.
Helped reporters adapt to online-only content due to COVID-19 and the University of Idaho going online.
Created COVID-19 pages, covering the entire state of Idaho with pages dedicated to timelines and cases.
Blot Magazine | 2018 - 2019
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Prev: Designer
Ran and managed the creative team for Blot Magazine, making the final decisions when it came to visuals.
Edited a quarterly 26-page magazine for design and visual content. Worked with the editor-in-chief and associate editor to copy-edit stories.
Worked one-on-one with five designers to create the magazine.
Assisted the Photo Editor with the magazine cover and edited photos post-production.
Assisted with the distribution of the magazine, tabling and looking over the final pages prior to publication.
For Freedoms | 2018
co-leader • Designer
Created a billboard with a group of the University of Idaho students for the For Freedoms campaign and held non-partisan events on campus to increase civic engagement.
Featured as a showcased billboard on election day 2018 on the For Freedoms Instagram and installed in Lewiston, Idaho. Created with the help of the fifty-state initiative founder, Hank Willis Thomas.
