Biography
Alex travels the world covering major stories, often from war zones.
A founding journalist at Sky, she has been based in Delhi, Johannesburg, and the UAE.
Her reporting has seen her detained, abducted, interrogated, and under fire from bullets, tear gas, IEDs, and shelling. She was the first to independently gather first-hand evidence of the Rohingya ethnic cleansing, now before the ICC.
Alex also broadcast live from Tripoli's Green Square as rebels took Libya's capital.
She is a five-time RTS Journalist of the Year, has won four BAFTAs, five international Emmys, the James Cameron Award for outstanding journalism and moral integrity, and the Charles Wheeler Award for contribution to broadcast journalism.
Alex is Patron of the NCTJ and holds honorary doctorates from UAL and Solent University for services to journalism.
