Alex Hannaford

Born in London, Alex Hannaford cut his teeth in journalism on the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and newspapers on the south coast of England before joining London’s Evening Standard as a feature writer and later commissioning editor. Since moving to the US in 2003, he has written about the death penalty, criminal justice, refugees, religion, culture and human rights issues for British GQ, The Guardian & Observer, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Atlantic, and The Texas Observer. He co-wrote and hosted Dead Man Talking, a crime podcast for Audioboom, and is a Fellow of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University.