ALEX TEY

journalist and photographer

Alex Tey

Alex is a reporter, writer and editor of journalistic writing.

She is currently an editor-at-large and editor-in-chief emeritus at the Washington Square News at New York University, where she studies journalism and environmental science. She was the summer 2022 editorial intern at Audubon magazine.

Their work typically focuses on how the interactions between people and their environments, both natural and built. She also brings expertise on wildlife, ecology, transgender issues, and popular, jazz, and classical music.

Read Alex’s newsletter Rare Bird on Substack.

photo by Alex Chan

 

Words

Writing

Alex is currently an editor-at-large at the Washington Square News, the student newspaper of New York University. She was most recently the editorial intern at Audubon magazine, where she wrote web stories as well as a print feature story, and was the spring 2022 WSN editor-in-chief. Scroll to view links to selections of their written work, as well as links to all their bylines. Alex is also on MuckRack.

Editing

Before serving as editor-in-chief, Alex’s previous roles at WSN were deputy managing editor and copy chief. She can provide both the highest-level story-shaping guidance and the most detailed line edits. Her experience includes fact-checking, writing headlines and decks, and working closely with both writers and management to create quality articles. She has an extensive familiarity with AP style, and can also quickly adapt to a house style guide. Samples of her editing work are available upon request.

Accolades

 
 
 
 

Graphic: Susan Behrends Valenzuela

Nov. 23, 2022 — Washington Square News

How NYU is saving $141 million this year

Universities in New York are exempt from paying property taxes. Here’s how much NYU saves.

 
 

Photo illustration: Alex Tey

Nov. 06, 2022 — Washington Square News

Slavoj Zizek is the public intellectual for an absurd world

The oratory style of Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek is as much performance as it is lecture.

 
 

Photo: Tailyr Irvine

Sept. 21, 2022 — Audubon

A Global Antenna Network Is the Next Frontier of Migration Science

Motus stations across the landscape pick up ‘pings’ from any radio-tagged birds that fly past. The data, open to everyone, are painting a fuller picture of the journeys the creatures make.

 
 

Photo: Carlton Ward Jr./Wildpath

June 3, 2022 — Audubon

Efforts to Save North America’s Most Endangered Bird Are Succeeding

A captive breeding program has quickly turned around the precipitous decline of the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow.

 
 
 

Photos

 

Alex takes photos and is still working on this section of the website.

 
 
 
 
 

contact

 

Reach out about writing/editing work, bird questions, sheet music requests, or any other inquiries by filling out the form below! I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

Send tips to my encrypted email a.tey@pm.me (from a Proton Mail address for the greatest security). You can also email me there to get my Signal number if you’d rather text or call.

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