Alexander Thompson is a staff writer covering national news from Boston.
Before coming to the Monitor, Alexander worked for local papers in Ohio and Massachusetts, including The Canton Repository. He also covered education nationwide for the National Catholic Reporter for a year. A fluent French speaker, Alexander spent a stint reporting for L’Observateur, Senegal’s largest private daily, in Dakar.
Alexander graduated from Tufts University with a B.A. in international relations.
