Hi, I'm Alex
Alex Byers is a web-focused journalist who hails from Minneapolis. He is currently a Web producer for POLITICO, and previously served as the editor in chief The GW Hatchet, the award-winning student newspaper at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. To learn more, check out his résumé or portfolio. You can get in contact with him, too. The possibilities are endless. More...
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- Pretty sure I just saw the red-haired chick from SuperBad in the Rosslyn Metro Station
- Super psyched about this Pasta salad I made last night. Feeling very domesticated. (in a manly, sexy way though.)
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What I'm Reading
- The year of 'no comment'POLITICO | Jul 7, 2010
Not long ago, optimists thought the convergence of YouTube, blogs and all manner of other democratizing social-media technologies would lead to a renaissance of authenticity in politics. The actual result, however, is something like the opposite: A proliferation of cameras and microphones — and the knowledge that an indelible blunder can occur in virtually any setting — has caused politicians in both parties to button up and hunker down.