About
Alexa O'Brien is an investigative researcher, analyst, and writer focused on intelligence and national security. Her work has been published in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, The New York Times, VICE News, The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Guardian (UK), The Daily Beast, NY Daily News, and featured on the BBC, PBS, NPR, Democracy Now!, and Public Radio International. She was shortlisted for the 2013 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism in the United Kingdom and listed in The Verge 50. She recently authored a report for Airwars, a London based organization that monitors and assesses civilian harm from airpower-dominated international military actions. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Kenyon College, majoring in Political Science. She is currently pursuing a master's in Applied Intelligence at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She resides in New York City.
Contact: email at alexaobrien dot com
