Alexandra is an investigative and features writer at Forbes covering tech and society.
She previously spent three years as a technology reporter for Politico, where she covered politics, privacy and data issues, and how tech is shaping health care.
She has discussed her work on-air for CNBC, CBS, CSPAN, Cheddar, NPR and BBC. She is also on faculty at The School of the New York Times, where she teaches a government, law and ethics course on facial recognition technology.
Until 2019, Alexandra was a staff columnist at The New York Times, where her writing has been featured on the front page; her work has also appeared on the covers of the Style section, The Village Voice and The Forward. She was the recipient of the 2018 Front Page Award for Local Reporting for her work on The Times's Metro desk.
She received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor of arts in English from the University of Pennsylvania.
She is an alumna of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.