journalist and photographer
Alexandra Tey
Alexandra Tey is a writer in New York City interested in the relationships between humans and their environments. She is also a skilled photographer, fact-checker, and birdwatcher.
Alex is currently an editorial intern at The Nation. She previously interned at the National Audubon Society, where she fact-checked and wrote for Audubon magazine, and at the Center for Biological Diversity, where her original research quantified gaps in climate journalism. Her writing has appeared in Slate, Curbed, Hell Gate, Defector, Sentient and The New York Times. She also writes about birds on Substack at Rare Bird.
At New York University, Alex was the editor-in-chief of the Washington Square News student newspaper and reported on urban wildlife, transgender issues, student protests, Joan Didion, and Slavoj Zizek. WSN was recognized with several national awards during her tenure as editor.
Alex’s photography has appeared in print in Dykes & Dolls and Easel, and she has exhibited photos and read at the Figure It Out reading series. She has photographed clothing lines for the avian apparel brand Bird Collective.
She leads bird walks in New York City for the New York City Bird Alliance, Queer Birders, and the Feminist Bird Club. Alex is working on a book about the Saltmarsh Sparrow.
