Producer, Director, Here & Now
Before joining Here & Now in fall 2005, Alex served nearly eight 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 occasional reports on WBUR 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.
BOSTON — “He was the king of Boston. We were all kind of princes at best,” said author Dennis Lehane of the late Robert B. Parker.
I guess I am here to talk about the past. But I must admit I wasn’t thinking about steroids in 1999 when St. Louis Cardinals’ slugger Mark McGwire was smashing homers over the Green Monster during the Home Run Derby at the All Star Game at Fenway Park that summer.
BOSTON — When I visited Arlington National Cemetery recently, I was overwhelmed by the scale of loss. Just about every day, while I’m sitting at my computer here at WBUR, messages from the Department of Defense pop up in my e-mail. Their slug line reads: DOD Identifies Casualty.
BOSTON — John Hancock, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary as the race’s main sponsor next year, has announced that top American runners Meb Keflezighi and Ryan Hall will participate in the 114th running of the race on April 19, 2010.
BOSTON — Padraig O’Malley must be one of the most patient people in the world. For the last few years, the University of Massachusetts at Boston professor has been involved in painfully slow talks designed to bridge the gaps between ethnic factions in Iraq. He calls the progress made so far a sort of teething process.
BOSTON — Only six Medals of Honor have been awarded for bravery during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, all of them posthumously. The latest will be awarded Thursday at the White House when the family of Army Sgt. First Class Jared Monti accepts his from President Obama.
BOSTON — Dominic DiMaggio, the bespectacled Boston Red Sox center fielder who was overshadowed by his older brother Joe’s career, died early Friday. He was 92. WBUR’s Alex Ashlock has a remembrance.
BOSTON — WBUR’s Alex Ashlock spoke with Bart Yasso of Runner’s World Magazine about the enduring appeal of the Boston marathon and what he thinks about this year’s race.
BOSTON, Mass. — A field of more than 25 thousand runners sets off from Hopkinton this morning on the 26.2 mile journey to downtown Boston. It’s the 112th running of the Boston Marathon.
BOSTON, Mass. — Thousands of runners are waking up sore this morning with the 111th edition of the race in the record books.
