Alex Lederman is the Show Editor/Show Producer for The World. Before joining the team, he worked as a Field Producer for BBC News, a Deputy News Editor for Al Jazeera English and a Video Producer for AFP. He also co-directed the PBS documentary short From Damascus to Chicago and worked on Vox’s Netflix docuseries Explained. Alex has written stories from the Middle East and Latin America for Foreign Policy, New Lines Magazine and Al Jazeera English, among other publications. He graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and holds a Master’s Degree in Global Diplomacy from SOAS, University of London.