Alex Ashlock

Here and Now

Alex Ashlock is a producer and director on Here and Now, WBUR's daily news magazine show which airs at noon.

Prior to joining Here and Now in the fall of 2005, Alex served nearly 8 years as senior producer of WBUR's Morning Edition. He was in charge of the daily broadcast and also produced many of the interviews host Bob Oakes conducted in the studio or out in the field. You'll still hear his occasionl reports on WBUR's newscasts.

Before joining the WBUR news team, Alex spent 15 years at WILL, the NPR station at the University of Illinois. He started there as a part-time newswriter and reporter during graduate school and eventually moved up to news director and finally program director.

Alex has a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in Journalism, both from the University of Illinois.