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ALEXANDRA S LEVINE
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Fertility + Reproductive Health

The Rise Of The IVF Influencers

Influencers Are Telling Teens That Selling Their Eggs Is Easy Money. It's Not That Simple

TikTok Is Rejecting Ads About IVF, Egg Freezing And Fertility Services, Founders Say

How Breastfeeding Mothers Are Being Sexualized On Social Media

From Bombs To Birth: A Pregnant Mom's Journey From War-Torn Ukraine

New Life in the Ashes of the Camp Fire

Did Josef Mengele Alter This Survivor's Genes?

TikTok + ByteDance

Data Security and Privacy:
TikTok Creators' Financial Info, Social Security Numbers Have Been Stored In China
Impact: TikTok CEO Should Be Investigated By DOJ, Senator Says
Impact: TikTok Grilled By Bipartisan Senators On 'Incorrect Claims' Made To Congress
Impact: TikTok Confirms Some U.S. User Data Is Stored In China
Impact: Story referenced in Justice Department's case to ban TikTok (2024), and DC Circuit's crucial ruling upholding the TikTok divest-or-ban law (Dec 2024)

India Banned TikTok In 2020. TikTok Still Has Access To Years Of Indians' Data
Impact: Congress asks TikTok CEO about our report under oath, enters story into congressional record

How TikTok Has Exposed Celebrities And Politicians' Closest Personal Contacts

TikTok Mishandled The Data Of Hundreds Of Top American Advertisers

​Child Safety:
How TikTok Live Became 'A Strip Club Filled With 15-Year-Olds'
Impact: Utah Sues TikTok, Alleging TikTok Live Is 'A Virtual Strip Club' For Minors
Impact: 14 Attorneys General Sue TikTok As Its Future In The U.S. Is On The Line (reporting cited in lawsuits from Utah, Vermont, New Hampshire, Kentucky and DC)
Impact: Top Republicans Call For Meeting With TikTok CEO Over Child Safety Dangers
Impact: TikTok "in crisis mode" launches internal investigation after our Forbes report 

TikTok Moderators Are Being Trained Using Graphic Images Of Child Sexual Abuse
Impact: TikTok Moderators' Handling Of Child Sexual Abuse Material Draws Senate Scrutiny
Impact: Top TikTok Moderator Exits "Highly Egregious Part" Of Content Moderation Business Over Investor Outcry

'I Want That Sweet Baby': AI-Generated Kids Draw Predators On TikTok And Instagram

TikTok Accounts Are Hiding Child Sexual Abuse Material In Plain Sight

Speech:
​The Words TikTok Parent ByteDance May Be Watching You Say
TikTok Parent ByteDance's 'Sensitive Words' Tool Monitors Discussion Of China, Trump, Uyghurs

Health:
TikTokers Are Stealing Doctors And Nurses' Photos To Peddle Questionable Pills And Powders
Impact: Class action lawsuit prompted by the reporting

Why Is TikTok Parent ByteDance Moving Into Biology, Chemistry And Drug Discovery?

More: 
TikTok's Parent ByteDance Pushes Into Payments With Help From JP Morgan
Impact: JP Morgan Under Senate Fire For Partnership With TikTok Parent ByteDance

How A TikTok Ban Would Deal A Blow To Creators, Businesses And The American Economy

TikTok Lawyer Says Journalists Are Part Of 'Anti-TikTok Disinformation' Campaign

Trump's Ex-Lawyer Michael Cohen is a TikTok Star. Yes, You Read That Right

TikTok, Hospitals and Tutoring Apps: The Many Tentacles of Chinese Tech Giant ByteDance

The pandemic multiplied TikTok's audience — and its critics in Washington (2020)

​Tech + The War

How TikTok's Unwritten Rules About Israel-Gaza Ads Sparked Internal Outrage

Fake Profiles and Anonymous Posts: How Social Media Is Upending College Life During The Israel-Gaza War

TikTok Videos Praising 9/11 Have Exploded, But The Company Denies They're Trending

War, From The Point Of View Of A Ukrainian Teen, Streams Live On TikTok

Israeli Hostages' Family Members Are Being Threatened By Suspicious Texts

Fearing Hamas Execution Videos, Schools Urge Families To Delete TikTok and Instagram

Israel Founders Struggle To Balance Startups And Front-Line Military Service

AI

In A New Era Of Deepfakes, AI Makes Real News Anchors Report Fake Stories
Video: Deepfaking Democracy: Why AI Threatens News And Elections In 2024

​Did You Use ChatGPT On Your School Applications? These Words May Tip Off Admissions

His AI Swiped Right. Then It Told Him To Propose. Now They're Getting Married

Internet Culture + Creators

How Wedding Giant The Knot Pulled The Veil Over Advertisers' Eyes

Top Creators 2023

​Doctors And Nurses Are Becoming Internet Stars. Some Are Losing Their Jobs Over It

Creators Are Rallying For the Midterms—But Getting Political Isn't On The Agenda

YouTube Targets TikTok With Monetization For Creators' Short Videos

From Camping To Cheese Pizza, 'Algospeak' Is Taking Over Social Media

Inside Apple's Impossible War On Child Exploitation

Online Learning Resumes In Ukraine, But With New Wartime Challenges

Silicon Valley scrambles to find a unified approach to the Taliban (2021)

​Frank + JP Morgan

'Fake It 'Til You Make It': Meet Charlie Javice, The Startup Founder Who Fooled JP Morgan
2nd Place winner for Magazine Feature, and Online Business Reporting, in the LA Press Club's 2024 Awards

SEC and DOJ Charge Frank Founder Charlie Javice With Fraud

JP Morgan Says Startup Founder Used Millions Of Fake Customers To Dupe It Into An Acquisition

JP Morgan Is Still Cleaning Up Its 'Disastrous' $175M Frank Acquisition

Jamie Dimon Says Frank Acquisition 'Was A Huge Mistake' After JP Morgan Alleges Millions Of Fake Customers

Frank Founder Charlie Javice Denies JP Morgan Allegations That She Duped The Bank Into Buying Her Startup For $175M

Crisis Text Line

Suicide hotline shares data with for-profit spinoff, raising ethical questions
Suicide Hotline Left Ethics Board Out Of The Loop About Data-Sharing With For-Profit Spinoff
Impact: Crisis Text Line ends data-sharing partnership with for-profit spinoff

Twitter/X

Elon Musk Inherited Twitter's Child Abuse Nightmare—Experts Say He's Making It Worse

Elon Musk Has Laid Off Many Twitter Employees Charged With Protecting The Midterm Elections

'Elon Is Watching': Twitter Employees Panic On Musk's First Day As Owner

Twitter's CEO is leaving. The storms that consumed his company won't end (2021)

​Clearview AI

Facial recognition firm Clearview AI hits watchdog groups with subpoenas (2021)
Impact: Clearview AI drops subpoenas of its critics

Clearview AI on track to win U.S. patent for facial recognition technology (2021)

Facebook

Digital Medical Companies Funnel Patient Data To Facebook For Advertising

The Facebook Papers: Facebook's Jan. 6 problem: A thin playbook for false election claims (2021)

Tech feuding flares on the Hill as Haugen's star power fades (2021)

'A new era'? Fears about children unite Facebook's critics in Congress (2021)
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Being the anti-Facebook is not enough to exonerate TikTok, Snap, YouTube (2021)

Facebook changes its name to 'Meta' amid backlash to whistleblower revelations (2021)

Whistleblower to Senate: Don't trust Facebook (2021)

Facebook whistleblower reveals herself, condemns company as dangerous (2021)

Facebook tightens grip on WhatsApp user data as U.S. lags on privacy (2021)

Facebook sticking with policies on politicians' lies and voter targeting (2020)

​Facebook announces picks for global oversight board (2020)

​Facebook, Twitter clamp down on Trump posts (2020​)

Trump draws public into bias feud with social media firms (2019)

Mis/Disinformation

Ukraine's Promotion Of Fake Paris Bombing Video Highlights Risks Of Misinformation

Biden's vaccine misinformation road not taken (2021)

The ultimate online misinformation test: Covid vaccines (2020)

Why the fight against disinformation, sham accounts and trolls won't be any easier in 2020 (2019)

Privacy

Washington vs. Washington: How one state became the center of the tech privacy fight (2021)

'Deeply alarmed': China outpaces U.S. on privacy law (2021)
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Why Washington's big plan to protect Americans' data is languishing (2021)

Google

Google wins major copyright victory (2021)

Google beats Oracle in landmark Supreme Court case (2021)

Health + Tech
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Health tech reaches crossroads in pandemic's third year

The health concerns that hang over the metaverse (2021)

How Biden's tech trustbuster could change health care (2021)

The tech that keeps kids safe at camp (2021)

Is a cancer crisis trailing the pandemic? (2021)

A dangerous new strain of anti-vaxxer (2020)

Holiday tech frenzy gets Covid makeover (2020)

A rapid transformation for Covid's long haul (2020)

Tech firms stake out health space (2020)

Losing my Grandma during the pandemic and nursing homes' struggle with technology (2020)

Podcast: Lack of communication and technology leaves nursing home residents in the shadow of the pandemic (2020)

-Alex's reporting is widely read and cited often by members of Congress (including these Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, and these in the House).

-Alex has been profiled by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and named one of the most influential tech reporters by Insider. In 2020, she was also named a tech expert to know by FedTech Magazine.

-Alex has moderated panels for The Brookings Institution, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Italian Embassy of D.C. and New America.


The New York Times

National:

FRONT PAGE STORY — After a Wildfire, Rebuilding Life Can Be Hardest for the Oldest, November 2018 (print and online)

After a California Wildfire, New and Old Homeless Populations Collide, December 2018 (print and online)

New Life in the Ashes of the Camp Fire, November 2018

Travel:

On the Way to Auschwitz, I Found 'Heil Hitler' Signs for Sale, January 2019 (print and online) 

When Will Tourists Be Able to Return to the Florida Panhandle?, November 2018 (print and online)

Styles:

COVER STORY — New York Weddings Blanketed in White, January 2016 (print and online)

How 'Canon in D Major' Became the Wedding Song, May 2019 (print and online)

Finding a Partner for Life's Marathons, October 2015 (print and online)

Together in the Long Run, September 2015 (print and online)

Contributed reporting: COMMITTED — 165 Years of Love (and War) in The New York Times Wedding Announcements, January 2017

Obituaries:

Overlooked No More: Minnie Mae Freeman Penney, Nebraska's 'Fearless Maid', October 2018 (print and online)

Metro (digital):

300+ New York Today columns, February 2016 to November 2018. Select columns:

People: Refugee, Immigrant and Citizen; Journey of an Irish Bar Owner; A Master of Time; A Forever Mother; 104 Years Old, And Still Voting

Places: Alone in an Empty City; Backstage at 'The Nutcracker'; Treasures in a Costume Shop; Much Ado About Tattoos; A Real-Life Cartoon Coffee Shop

Things: Story of the Snowman; Toilets Fit For High Society; A Tip of the Hat for Easter; Treasures on Chambers Street; Our Disappearing Languages

New Yorkers of the Year: Lee Gabay; Kelly Hall-Tompkins; Julie Atlas Muz and Mat Fraser; Valerie Goldfein; Jackie-Michelle Martinez

Metro (print):

Times Insider: What's in a Newsletter? At The Times, There's a Secret Sauce, July 2018 (print and online)

The Best Bars in NYC to Watch the World Cup, June 2018 (print and online)

​Leaning on the Stars to Make Sense of the World, November 2017 (print and online)

After a Stroke on the Subway, Slowly Relearning the Basics, November 2017 (print and online)

Dry Cleaning the City's Oldest Maps, September 2017 (print and online)  *WINNER OF 2018 FRONT PAGE AWARD*

Memories of the Night New York City Went Dark, July 2017 (print and online)

A Forest Floats on the Bronx River, With Free Produce, July 2017 (print and online)

Mob Figure Pleads Guilty to Ordering Arson After Road Rage Episode, June 2017 (print and online)

Back on Her Feet at 85, Thanks to a Chair, December 2016 (print and online)

What Are You Thankful For?, November 2016 (video)

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Inflation, November 2016 (Facebook Live)

A Selfless Caretaker, First as a Daughter, Now as a Mother, November 2015 (print and online)

Contributed reporting: Port Authority Subway Bomber Imports a Tactic from Overseas, December 2017
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Contributed reporting: Manhattan Terror Attack Kills 8 and Injures 11, November 2017

Contributed reporting: Terror Attack Leaves New Yorkers Navigating Between Nonchalance and Fear, November 2017

Contributed reporting: Mangled School Bus, Bodies Everywhere in Manhattan; 'It Was Surreal', November 2017

Contributed reporting: Manhattan Terror Attack Exposes Bike Path's Vulnerable Crossings, November 2017

Contributed reporting: New Yorkers Flock to the Polls, November 2016


ProPublica

​Contributed reporting: Weak Oversight Lets Dangerous Nurses Work in New York, 2016


The Village Voice

 COVER STORY  — Jew v. Gay: A Lawsuit Could Spell the End for Gay Conversion Therapy, June 2015 (print and online)

Couple Slides Into Marriage at Bronx White Castle, February 2015


The Forward

COVER STORY — The Brave Life and Shocking Death of Faigy Mayer, July 2015 (print and online)

Did Josef Mengele Alter This Survivor's Genes?, August 2015 (print and online)

האָט מענגעלע געענדערט אירע גענען, September 2015 (Yiddish edition, print and online)

Will a Selfie at Auschwitz Make You Free?, July 2015 (print and online)

A Nice Jewish Guy Built a Booming Fireworks Business. Then the Tsarnaev Brothers Walked In, July 2015 (print and online)

After Charleston, Houses of Worship Debate Saving Souls vs. Saving Lives, July 2015 (print and online)

The Amy Winehouse We Never Knew, July 2015 (print and online)

Jury Decides Against JONAH in Landmark 'Gay Conversion' Therapy Case, June 2015

Landmark 'Gay Conversion' Therapy Case Goes to Jury, June 2015

Hasidic Stars Bring Yiddish Soul to Central Park, June 2015


Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE)

In Profile: Alexandra Levine — A Journalism Fellow's Take-Aways from FASPE, June 2018
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