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How Wedding Giant The Knot Pulled The Veil Over Advertisers' Eyes
Inside Apple's Impossible War On Child Exploitation
TikTok + ByteDance
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
The Words TikTok Parent ByteDance May Be Watching You Say
TikTok Parent ByteDance's 'Sensitive Words' Tool Monitors Discussion Of China, Trump, Uyghurs
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
TikTok Lawyer Says Journalists Are Part Of 'Anti-TikTok Disinformation' Campaign
How A TikTok Ban Would Deal A Blow To Creators, Businesses And The American Economy
How TikTok Live Became 'A Strip Club Filled With 15-Year-Olds'
Impact: Top Republicans Call For Meeting With TikTok CEO Over Child Safety Dangers
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
TikTok's Parent ByteDance Pushes Into Payments With Help From JP Morgan
Impact: JP Morgan Under Senate Fire For Partnership With TikTok Parent ByteDance
TikTok Accounts Are Hiding Child Sexual Abuse Material In Plain Sight
In The Face Of Attacks, TikTok Tries To Charm Critics With Transparency
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
War, From The Point Of View Of A Ukrainian Teen, Streams Live On TikTok
TikTok's Secret To Explosive Growth? 'Billions And Billions Of Dollars'
The pandemic multiplied TikTok's audience — and its critics in Washington (2020)
Senate bill would ban TikTok on government work phones (2020)
Creators + Internet Culture
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
How Breastfeeding Mothers Are Being Sexualized On Social Media
From Bombs To Birth: A Pregnant Mom's Journey From War-Torn Ukraine
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
How Wedding Giant The Knot Pulled The Veil Over Advertisers' Eyes
Inside Apple's Impossible War On Child Exploitation
TikTok + ByteDance
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
The Words TikTok Parent ByteDance May Be Watching You Say
TikTok Parent ByteDance's 'Sensitive Words' Tool Monitors Discussion Of China, Trump, Uyghurs
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
TikTok Lawyer Says Journalists Are Part Of 'Anti-TikTok Disinformation' Campaign
How A TikTok Ban Would Deal A Blow To Creators, Businesses And The American Economy
How TikTok Live Became 'A Strip Club Filled With 15-Year-Olds'
Impact: Top Republicans Call For Meeting With TikTok CEO Over Child Safety Dangers
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
TikTok's Parent ByteDance Pushes Into Payments With Help From JP Morgan
Impact: JP Morgan Under Senate Fire For Partnership With TikTok Parent ByteDance
TikTok Accounts Are Hiding Child Sexual Abuse Material In Plain Sight
In The Face Of Attacks, TikTok Tries To Charm Critics With Transparency
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
War, From The Point Of View Of A Ukrainian Teen, Streams Live On TikTok
TikTok's Secret To Explosive Growth? 'Billions And Billions Of Dollars'
The pandemic multiplied TikTok's audience — and its critics in Washington (2020)
Senate bill would ban TikTok on government work phones (2020)
Creators + Internet Culture
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
How Breastfeeding Mothers Are Being Sexualized On Social Media
From Bombs To Birth: A Pregnant Mom's Journey From War-Torn Ukraine
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
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
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)
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)
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)
Why Washington's big plan to protect Americans' data is languishing (2021)
Google wins major copyright victory (2021)
Google beats Oracle in landmark Supreme Court case (2021)
Health + Tech
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
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