Alexis Madrigal

This article is about Alexis Madrigal. For stand-up comedian, see Al Madrigal.
Alexis Madrigal
Born
Mexico City, Mexico
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Children2

Alexis Madrigal (born 1983/84) is an American journalist. He co-hosts Forum on California Public Radio for KQED.

In 2010, Madrigal began working for The Atlantic.[1] In 2014, he was promoted to deputy editor of TheAtlantic.com.[2] He joined Fusion later in the year as part of a "big-name hiring spree" for the new media channel,[3] "one of the hot-shot journalists on which Fusion is pinning its hopes."[4] In March 2020, he started the COVID Tracking Project, a collaborative effort to track the spread of COVID-19 within the US, with Robinson Meyer and a team of volunteers.[5] He has also written for Wired. In 2014, he spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival alongside Tony Fadell as a member of a panel discussing "A New and Promising Energy Future".[6] In 2017, he hosted an 8-part audio documentary on containerization called Containers. He graduated from Harvard University in 2004.[7]

Madrigal is married and has two children.[8]

In 2024, Madrigal served as a judge for that year's American Mosaic Journalism Prize.[9]

  1. ^ Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke (8 July 2014). "Alexis Madrigal Named Deputy Editor of The Atlantic Website - New York Observer". The New York Observer. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  2. ^ "Alexis Madrigal Named Deputy Editor of TheAtlantic.com". The Atlantic. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  3. ^ Roy, Jessica (February 3, 2015). "Jane Spencer on Fusion's Relaunch, Building a Diverse News Operation, and What It's Like to Be Post-Post Text". Daily Intelligencer. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ^ Abbruzzese, Jason (February 2, 2015). "Fusion and its high-profile staff are looking to set off a reaction". Mashable. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. ^ Sohn, Emily (March 24, 2020). "How the COVID Tracking Project fills the public health data gap". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  6. ^ Adam Cohen (29 June 2014). "A New and Promising Energy Future - Thomson Reuters Blog". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  7. ^ "Fyi 98642".
  8. ^ Madrigal, Alexis C. (2021-11-09). "Getting Back to Normal Is Only Possible Until You Test Positive". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  9. ^ "Judges". Heising-Simons Foundation. 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-02-07.