Below is an exhaustive list of Alex’s credits for journalistic writing and photography dating back to 2017. For some reason she has chosen to include articles she wrote in high school. Don’t click on those. Only read the good ones, please.
Bylines are organized by publication, then chronologically.
Sept. 21, 2022 A Global Antenna Network Is the Next Frontier of Migration Science [print + web]
Sept. 20, 2022 Who Runs the Forest? Increasingly, in the Southeast, It’s Women [print + web]
Aug. 26, 2022 How to Help Birds Beat the Heat
June 28, 2022 Avian Flu Threatens Seabird Nesting Colonies on Both Sides of the Atlantic
June 10, 2022 Efforts to Save North America's Most Endangered Bird Are Succeeding
April 30, 2024 The Showdown at NYU Over Public Space
Sept. 12, 2023 Up All Night at the 9/11 Memorial, Looking Out for Birds
March 16, 2024 This Shouldn’t Be New York City’s Most Common Tree
March 28, 2024 The Flaco Fandom Betrayed Their Beloved Owl
Aug. 25, 2023 Split
June 3, 2022 May 2022 Brooklyn, N.Y., Bicknell’s Thrush
May 10, 2022 Jan. 2022 Southern Ocean Prothonotary Warbler
April 17, 2024 NYU’s Paulson atrium restrictions might violate 2012 legal agreement
March 4, 2024 Thousands take to Washington Square to protest for cease-fire in Gaza
Oct. 17, 2023 NYU students respond to Israel-Palestine conflict at citywide protests
Aug. 4, 2023 Streamer Kai Cenat’s meetup stirs up mayhem in Union Square
April 6, 2023 For trans people, what comes after visibility?
Feb. 16, 2023 Listen To This: Sidney Gish ponders what could’ve been in “Filming School” [excerpt]
Nov. 23, 2022 A tax break is saving NYU $141 million this year. Here’s how.
Nov. 21, 2022 A day of magical thinking at the Joan Didion estate sale
Nov. 16, 2022 Strike upends classes at The New School [shared byline]
Nov. 6, 2022 Slavoj Zizek is the public intellectual for an absurd world
May 7, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: The end of the semester
May 5, 2022 Q&A: Time, place and live music with The Front Bottoms’ Brian Sella
May 2, 2022 Editorial: Do no harm, Grossman. Reject Sabatini. [shared byline]
April 30, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: Introducing WSN’s next Editor-in-Chief
April 23, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: Daily Screener, NYU Survival Guide
April 18, 2022 Students upset by NYU response to roommate’s mental health crisis
April 18, 2022 Editorial: Don’t throw more money at the failing NYPD [shared byline]
April 16, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: Safety concerns persist
April 9, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: The “Re:” special issue
April 2, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: A memorial fund to support WSN staff
March 26, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: What purpose do letters to the editor serve?
March 19, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: The semester’s top stories (so far)
March 12, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: Spring break reads
March 5, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: This week’s top stories, and WSN vs. world news
Feb. 26, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: Defining editorials; on-campus safety concerns
Feb. 19, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: Housing Guide, campus attacks; digital accessibility
Feb. 14, 2022 The case for the <3 emoticon
Feb. 12, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: SGA updates, nurse burnout, our editing process
Feb. 5, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: COVID rules eased; notes on a retraction
Feb. 4, 2022 Review: On ‘Laurel Hell,’ Mitski blooms
Jan. 29, 2022 Editor’s Note newsletter: COVID news and how to make your voice heard
Jan. 24, 2022 Letter from the editor: On transition
Jan. 10, 2022 NYU alumni newsletter hints at in-person spring 2022 semester [shared byline]
Jan. 10, 2022 NYU COVID positivity rate more than 20x pre-omicron average [shared byline]
Dec. 11, 2021 Editor’s Note newsletter: A new newsletter from WSN’s editor-in-chief
Dec. 10, 2021 Sometimes, expensive gifts… are better [shared byline]
Dec. 9, 2021 Listen to this: Mitski strikes again with new single ‘Heat Lightning’ [excerpt]
Nov. 20, 2021 Opinion: Do us justice with your trans remembrance
Nov. 11, 2021 Mitski is back. God help us all.
Oct. 22, 2021 NYU offers free new ID cards to reflect chosen names, updated photos [shared byline]
Oct. 18, 2021 Bird-safe glass design at 181 Mercer saves wildlife and energy
Oct. 4, 2021 Ranked: NYC nature
Sept. 22, 2021 ‘Forgotten NYU,’ Episode 2: ‘A New Type of Normal’
Sept. 15, 2021 ‘Forgotten NYU,’ Episode 1: Ground Zero
Aug. 30, 2021 Read this before you kill your succulents
April 27, 2021 You could be quarantined in your dorm for reporting your vaccine side effects
March 29, 2021 Migrating birds imperiled by NYU buildings as spring approaches
March 16, 2021 As spring approaches, break doesn’t
Sept. 13, 2018 NYU’s Preferred Name System Helps Trans Students at School, but Could Hurt Them at Home
Nov. 10, 2022 The orchid collector
Nov. 20, 2021 New article: Some thoughts on what cis people get wrong about Trans Day of Remembrance
Nov. 14, 2021 New article: I wrote about Mitski
Nov. 2, 2021 Modeling for Bird Collective in Prospect Park
May 18, 2018 Editorial: Student of the Month selection needs reforms [shared byline]
March 30, 2018 Possible Cooper Park development raises concerns
Feb. 9, 2018 Amore-scopes
Dec. 8, 2017 Aidan Krames’ epic catch: life skills student finds his play as Spartan football wide receiver
Sept. 22, 2017 DACA: community responds [shared byline]
Sept. 7, 2017 Campus welcomes new Tutorial Center and College and Career Coordinators, introduces position of college counselor
May 24, 2017 Burwen Education Foundation Dinner honors ten seniors
May 1, 2017 Open mic night showcases student talent [writing and photos]
March 31, 2017 Editorial: Real solutions for mental health [shared byline]
Dozens arrested after NYU authorizes NYPD to sweep Gould Plaza
NYU’s Paulson atrium restrictions might violate 2012 legal agreement
Thousands take to Washington Square to protest for cease-fire in Gaza
Faculty form group in support of Palestinian students at protest
NYU students respond to Israel-Palestine conflict at citywide protests
Global Fashion Collective showcases cultural couture from across the world at NYFW
Trans Day of Visibility march sees hundreds gather for trans rights
Demonstrators march across Manhattan to protest Tyre Nichols killing
‘Say Please’ to an entertaining evening of burlesque and sexuality
At vigil for Mahsa Amini, Persian Society urges NYU to issue statement
The best hot chocolate spots around campus
Migrating birds imperiled by NYU buildings as spring approaches
