Amy L. Alexander (born May 4, 1963) is an American journalist. Her work has appeared in '' The Washington Post'', NPR, '' The Root'', and '' The Nation''. She is the author of four nonfiction books.

Life and education

Alexander was born in San Francisco, California. She attended San Francisco State University, where she received a B.A. in Magazine Journalism.

Journalism career

Alexander began her career in 1988 as a campus correspondent for the ''

San Francisco Examiner The ''San Francisco Examiner'' is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863. Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst, and flagship of the Hearst Corporat ...

'', resulting in a full-time staff position there in 1989. After the ''Examiner'', Alexander wrote for the '' Fresno Bee'', where she helped cover the

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. Alexander next wrote for the ''Miami Herald'' for almost four years, covering ethnic groups in South Florida. Alexander later wrote for ''The Boston Globe'', ''Chicago Tribune'', and ''The Washington Post''. She was also a media columnist at Africana.com, which later changed to AOL BlackVoices.com. Alexander has been a commentator on NPR, as well as an associate producer for NPR's ''Tell Me More'', with Michel Martin. Awards, Honors: In May 2012, Alexander was name
Alumna of the Year
by the Journalism Department at San Francisco State University. In 2008, Alexander was The Alfred Knobler Journalism Fellow The Nation Institute and wrote articles and columns for '' The Nation''. In 2001, she received the Survivor Award fro
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
As of August 2013, Alexander was publisher o

Bibliography

*''The Farrakhan Factor: African-American Writers on Leadership, Nationhood, and Minister Louis Farrakhan'' (Grove Press, 1998) *''Lay My Burden Down: Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis Among African-Americans'', with Alvin F. Poussaint (Beacon Press, 2000) *''Fifty Black Women Who Changed America'' (Kensington Books, 2003) *''Uncovering Race: A Black Journalist's Story of Reporting and Reinvention'' (Beacon Press, 2011)

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