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Alex Newman

Alex Newman is a former executive editor of PRI.org.She joined The World in 2017 as a data journalist and also served as deputy editor for the digital team. Previously, Alex worked on the interactive team at Al Jazeera America, where she was responsible for special projects using audio, video, data or graphics (or all of the above) and was the editorial lead for AJAM's award-winning mobile app. She also worked at the Pew Charitable Trusts, Home Front Communications, USA TODAY and the Reno Gazette-Journal. While at USA TODAY, Alex was the lead producer for a daily webcast from the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and shot video for a documentary covering the 2008 presidential inauguration. At the Reno Gazette-Journal, Alex worked as a police reporter and helped report an award-winning project about the dangers of methamphetamine. Alex has taught online and interactive journalism classes at the City University of New York, American University, the University of Maryland and the University of Nevada, Reno. She grew up in Reno, Nevada (pronounced Nev-AD-a, not Nev-AH-da) but has since lived in Washington, DC, New York City and Boston. She lives with a 25-year-old Hermann's tortoise named Captain Ahab and really likes bicycles. 
Several men wearing hard hats work together to carry an injured man
Free speech
On World Press Freedom Day, ‘a wake-up call’ as violence toward journalists rises worldwide
The statue of liberty and an American flag are on a blue sky, with words in Russian at the bottom of the image.
Culture
A guide to Russian ‘demotivator’ memes
In this cartoon, a young boy is swinging from monkey bars and a piece of paperwork from Immigration is at his right
Global Politics
As US ends immigration programs, a mother and son wonder if they’ll ever be together again
A woman holding a baby waits in line, above an open helping hand is extended.
Conflict
Make your way through the maze of seeking asylum in the US
A woman is leaning on a fence, gazing over the water toward the Statue of Liberty
Economics
Follow along: Forms, fees and an interview for a US Diversity Lottery Program ‘winner’
In this cartoon, a frowning boy in a pointed birthday hat sits in front of a cake with '21' written on it.
Justice
You’re a young student and your visa is tied to your parents. You’re about to age out. What do you do next?
A pink sign reading, "The future is female" is hoisted above the crowds of marchers, some of whom are wearing the signature pink pussy hats.
Conflict
Marchers: ‘I want to stand with my sisters’
A man sits at a sewing machine table and sews a blue plaid button up shirt. In front of him sits a large pile of identical shirts.
Business, Finance & Economics
How do consumers make good choices about clothes? Spider silk and brand transparency.
Women commuting
Jobs
Wear and Tear series: The women who make our clothes
This logo says 'How fair is your fashion' in red letters
Business, Finance & Economics
How fair is your fashion? Take the quiz.
Hundreds of people are gathered in a room. Some are seated at tables and have water bottles, some pillow or blankets with them. A large screen is set up to broadcast news about Tropical Storm Harvey.
Justice
A looming immigration law is hurting Houston’s ability to help undocumented residents in wake of Harvey
Lindsay Smith Zrull carefully places a glass plate photograph of the sky on a lightbox in the Plate Stacks room at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Arts
A team of women is unearthing the forgotten legacy of Harvard’s women ‘computers’
Global Terrorism Database
Conflict
What does a day in terrorism look like?
illustration of people being stamped by immigration related words
Global Politics
Their lives are changing because of Trump’s immigration policies. Here’s how.
aerial photo of large complex in foothills
Conflict
A new government report is on hold because of errors — and now we know even less about immigration enforcement
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on the right, joined White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer for the daily press briefing on Monday, March 27.
Justice
This is the data we no longer get about immigration enforcement under the Trump administration
A sign at a February protest in New York calls for an end to immigration raids and deportations.
Conflict
America’s sanctuary communities are more numerous than you think
Donald Trump gives his speech to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 28.
Global Politics
Yes, Trump did sound ‘presidential.’ Here’s the science that shows why.
Romanian Army soldiers deploy a ground-to-air missile launch pad during a joint military exercise with the US Army.
Conflict
Obama and Putin fueled the biggest global arms market since the Cold War
Total ice loss on the Larsen ice shelf, 1960-2008
Environment
Researchers continue to watch a massive rift in Antarctica likely to create a Delaware-sized iceberg
Obama speaks at his last press conference on Jan. 17, 2017.
Justice
Obama set a record for commuting sentences — but he’s not the most forgiving president in history