I currently primarily write reported features about DeKalb County for Decaturish and Tucker Observer.
I have a newsletter, A Lump of Pure Sound, where I discuss chronic illness and disability representation in media.
I have published personal essays in Catapult, Soap Ear Magazine, Honey & Lime Lit, and elsewhere.
I’m available for freelance assignments at a competitive rate. Contact me at alexbrownwriting@gmail.com.
features
Public calls on DeKalb officials to fire police sergeant who shot Matthew Zadok Williams — Decaturish, 2021
How to talk to your kids about the COVID-19 vaccine — Decaturish, 2021
“Indian War” cannon removed from Decatur Square — Decaturish, 2021
Charis Books & More hosts virtual conversation with Oprah Winfrey, Ashley C. Ford — Decaturish, 2021
DHS students and Georgia Historical Society unveil new historical marker honoring MLK — Decaturish, 2021
Matthew Zadok Williams’ gunshot wounds were survivable if police provided medical attention, doctor says — Decaturish, 2021
Display of 15,000 flags at First Christian Church of Decatur memorializes COVID victims — Decaturish, 2021
Some DeKalb residents living in the city of Atlanta can now dial 311 instead of police — Decaturish, 2021
Decatur reacts to election of Warnock and Ossoff — Decaturish, 2021
State Senator-Elect Kim Jackson discusses theology, social justice, and COVID-19 — Decaturish, 2020
Decatur community reacts to Biden-Harris presidential victory — Decaturish, 2020
Community volunteers paint Black Lives Matter mural on North McDonough Street — Decaturish, 2020
What it’s like to be a participant in a COVID-19 vaccine trial — Decaturish, 2020
Thomas Jefferson statue will be moved following calls to remove racist symbols from public spaces — Decaturish, 2020
‘Silence is not sustainable’ – Peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters call for monument’s removal — Decaturish, 2020
Peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstration takes place in Decatur Square — Decaturish, 2020
Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights holds protest, leads march from Decatur to Oakhurst — Decaturish, 2020
Decatur High students’ ‘Commemorating King’ project to highlight Civil Rights history in Decatur — Decaturish, 2020
Decatur’s leaders face questions about how much the city spends on its Police Department — Decaturish, 2020
Dekalb County Voter’s Guide for June 9th Primary — Decaturish, 2020
How Daf Yomi, the Daily Study of Talmud, Has United Queer Jews Around the World — HeyAlma, 2020
Kim Petras Woos Atlanta — The Georgia Voice, 2019
Atlanta LGBTQ Synagogue Holds Vigil for Pittsburgh Massacre — The Georgia Voice, 2018
Agnes Scott’s Living Wage Campaign Makes a Resurgence — HerCampus Agnes Scott, 2018
When Did Praying Before a Test Become a Terrorist Act? — DAME Magazine, 2017
personal essays
A History of Premature Births, Including My Own — Catapult, 2019
‘Everything Is Illuminated’ Began My Journey With Judaism — HeyAlma, 2021
These will just be places to me now — Soap Ear Magazine, 2020
Moon Party — Honey & Lime Lit, 2019
in the fall of 2015 everything was bernie sanders and motion city soundtrack and nothing hurt — Hippocampus Magazine, 2019
profiles & Q&As
Q&A | Artist Savana Ogburn — CommonCreativATL, 2018
Tameeka L. Hunter, LGBTQ and Disability Scholar, Presented at Agnes Scott — HerCampus Agnes Scott, 2017