Alex P. Kellogg www.alexpkellogg.com [email protected] 202-295-7744 (cell)
EXPERIENCE
The Christian Science Monitor Correspondent who has reported from Michigan and Atlanta for the paper. I’m working toward transitioning to covering climate change, as well as how technology companies and the “conscious capitalism” movement could help transform our society for the better. My stories have been republished by both Yahoo and the Monitor’s weekly magazine. 2018 - present
Kellogg Communications Founder of a small consulting firm that offers expertise in strategic communications, marketing, branding and web development. 2017 - present
● We ensure our clients tell their own stories across their own platforms in a compelling fashion. ● We build the capacity of our clients. ● We can serve as a thought partner to clients who are thought leaders. ● We improve the quality and consistency of each client’s content, as well as its presentation, readability, navigation and design. ● We enhance the ability of our clients to communicate their missions, goals and accomplishments to their audience – and to funders.
Detroit Future City Communications Manager at a think tank aiming to help revitalize Detroit in the next 50 years. I helped shepherd the editing of two first-of-their-kind special reports that received widespread media attention, including national coverage in one instance. 2016 - 2017
Working closely with our entire team, I was able to:
● Provide consultation, oversight and management to media relations, branding/graphic design, web development and social media subcontractors/consultants. ● Manage, facilitate and streamline communications processes and deadlines. ● Work in tandem with Detroit Future City leadership, work groups, stakeholders and community audiences. ● Write and edit content for media, social media, marketing collateral, internal communications, funding letters, grant applications -- including a $100-million-MacArthur grant application -- and more. ● Collaborate with a supplemental public relations contractor on all of the above responsibilities.
Contributor, Multiple Media Outlets Freelance reporter whose domestic and international reporting and analyses have appeared in numerous print and online publications, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Dallas Morning News, The East Bay Express, The Guardian US, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post, The American Prospect and The Trace magazine. I’ve produced work from abroad for the Associated Press and the United Nations Integrated Regional Information Network, a newswire for NGOs, as well.
Including both freelance and re-published work, my articles have appeared online at cbsnews.com, nbcnews.com, cnn.com, aldaily.com, The Drudge Report, alternet.org, BET.com, dailykos.com, msnbc.com, The National Review Online, Ozy.com, Wonkette and Yahoo News. 2000 - 2007, 2014 - present.
Contributing Editor Offered insights on a draft of the manuscript of Obama and Kenya: Contested Histories and the Politics of Belonging by Matthew Carotenuto, Associate Professor History and Coordinator of African Studies at St. Lawrence University, and Katherine Luongo, Associate Professor of History at Northeastern University. The book examines President Obama’s complicated relationship with his Kenyan ancestry. It was published in 2016 by Ohio University Press. Provided consultative expertise, based on my knowledge of Kenyan history, contemporary music, politics and more.
Assisted with the editing of a draft of the manuscript of Behind the Kitchen Door by Saru Jayaraman, published in February 2013 by Cornell University Press. Her book blends the personal narratives of restaurant workers in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans an elsewhere with investigative journalism. Jayaraman appeared with Bill Moyers on PBS following the book’s publication, and on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. Behind the Kitchen Door peaked in the top 500 on Amazon.com: the foreword was written by Eric Schlosser, author of the best-selling book Fast Food Nation. 2012 - 2015
National Public Radio National Correspondent who covered race and diversity-related issues and produced general-assignment news and feature stories. My broadcast pieces primarily aired on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Also regularly produced distinct, multimedia web packages to accompany my broadcast stories. 2010 - 2012
The Wall Street Journal Auto and general assignment reporter who covered Chrysler during the automaker’s historic bankruptcy, as well as other domestic and foreign automakers, including Honda and BMW. Later covered the resilience of a wide variety of Michigan residents during the Great Recession.
Part of a team of reporters who won a 2010 New York Press Club award for “Detroit in Decline,” a 2009 series focusing on the collapse of the U.S. auto industry into the government’s arms. A front-page feature
story I wrote for The Journal won a pair of first-place, feature-writing awards in 2011. Offered news analyses on the Journal’s podcasts and on a number of local and national radio programs, including NPR’s metro Detroit affiliate and one of its syndicated, national shows. 2008 - 2010
The Detroit Free Press Metro reporter who covered roughly a dozen suburban communities. Also contributed to the entertainment and business sections and penned one Op-Ed for the paper. 2005 - 2008
The Chronicle of Higher Education Reporting fellow on the paper's national staff responsible for reporting both online news stories and features for the weekly print edition. 2000 - 2002
CBS Boston News writer for CBS’s Boston affiliate. This was a great environment for a young journalist to learn how to work on tight deadlines. 1999 - 2000
Reuters Television Ltd. After starting as an intern, I was quickly promoted to Assistant Producer and then full-time Producer, working primarily for "Africa Journal,” a weekly newsmagazine that was for years one of the most widely watched TV shows in Sub-Saharan Africa. Produced TV news, TV features and text stories. My long-format stories aired on BBC, CNN, Sky and other international and domestic broadcasters. 1998 - 1999
EDUCATION
Harvard College B.A. in Social Studies, an interdisciplinary humanities major, with honors. Took a break from school after my journalism career. Took a break from college after landing the job ast Reuters while in college, ultimately graduated in 2004.
MORE ABOUT ME
A 5,000-word piece I wrote on traveling to Kenya and Eritrea as a young man was published in A Leaky Tent Is A Piece of Paradise, an anthology of young travel writers, in 2007. Co-founder of a memorial scholarship at my alma mater that gave out tens of thousands of dollars over just under a decade to students who exhibited leadership, academic prowess and a commitment to giving back. Fortunate to get published on the topic of drug delivery to the brain in high school while doing research at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy over the course of two summers. Served as class president at my high school and was fortunate to be the keynote student speaker at my commencement. In my free time I enjoy volleyball, exercise, reading, cooking, traveling and meditation.