Hi! I'm Alex

Alex Byers is a multi-platform journalist who hails from Minneapolis. He currently serves as Editor in Chief of The GW Hatchet, the award-winning student newspaper at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. To learn more, check out his résumé, blog or clips. You can find out how to get in contact with him, too. The possibilities are endless. More...

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Comments vs. retweets

Posted by Alex Byers on October 29, 2009
Journalism, Social Media / 2 Comments

The Hatchet has blogged more but seen fewer comments so far this year. A bump in retweets may be to blame.

The journalist’s diet

Posted by Alex Byers on September 14, 2009
Uncategorized / 2 Comments

I’m finding it very difficult to eat well on the job, and unfortunately for my body, I’m on the job nearly all the time. I really need to find a way to prepare food ahead of time and bring it in to work, so that I don’t have to order in so much.

As time goes by

Posted by Alex Byers on August 18, 2009
Lifehacking, Uncategorized / 1 Comment

I couldn’t be more excited to get back to school, start really cracking over at The Hatchet, and work my senior year to its fullest, but I do wonder what happened to the last seven weeks I spent in Minnesota.