Alex is a journalist at Bloomberg writing about the ways technology and social media are transforming our world — from business and culture to health and child safety.
She previously covered tech for Forbes and Politico and spent three years as a staff columnist at The New York Times. Her writing has been featured on the front page of The Times, its Style section, The Village Voice and The Forward, and she has discussed her work on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, CBS, NPR and BBC.
Alex won a Front Page Award in 2018 for her work on The Times's Metro desk and second place LA Press Club Awards in 2024, in the magazine feature and online business reporting categories, for her investigative work at Forbes.
She has a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor of arts in English from the University of Pennsylvania.
Alex is also on faculty at School of the New York Times, where she's taught a course on tech journalism for several years, and she's an alum of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.