About Alex
Alex is a freelance reporter and photographer with five years of experience covering public policy and highlighting personal stories in and around Chicago.
After graduating Northwestern University's Medill School of journalism in 2015, he spent two years reporting for DNAinfo — first as a breaking news reporter, then as a neighborhood reporter.
Now, he's looking for new stories to tell.
recent articles
All articles published, February 2018
Dunning school construction may hit dead bodies, and the city is planning for it Evanston police: Thieves rear-ended elderly woman, then stole her vehicle and cash Biss, Preckwinkle among candidates endorsed by Evanston Dems Lincolnwood trustees green light special use permit for nonprofit paramedic facility Pace to roll out Dempster bus line service from north Read more about All articles published, February 2018[…]
Chicago Sun-Times transportation articles
Bus express lanes to open on Edens by spring Milwaukee Ave. ‘rapid-transit’ bus service to begin this year
Chicago Tribune/Pioneer Press articles, January 2018
Democrats for state attorney general talk pot legalization, slam Trump administration at Evanston forum Students’ Muslim Center visit offers interfaith experience Lincolnwood pushes forward plan to overhaul ‘problematic’ intersection
Crime reporting
Video of Police Shooting Cedrick Chatman A New ‘Bomb About To Drop’: Lawyer Months After Murder, Body Still In Morgue: ‘We Want To Bury Our Brother’ Woman ‘Accidentally, Tragically’ Killed by Officers Saturday, Police Say Glennell Fairley, Killed Saturday, Was City’s ‘Shining Example’ To Youth Jefferson Park District Crime Is Down Since 2013, Data Shows
Real estate reporting
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Suspicious of ‘Taft South’ plan, Dunning parents demand four-year high school
DUNNING — Dozens of Dunning parents echoed their long-held desire on Monday for a high school to call their own, despite increasing signals that a $75 million new school set to be built in the Read-Dunning area will open as a freshman campus for Taft High School in Norwood Park. At an open forum called Read more about Suspicious of ‘Taft South’ plan, Dunning parents demand four-year high school[…]
Education reporting
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