Alexandra Rockey Fleming

Arlington, VA USA
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Professional Experience

An award-winning journalist, editor, and author for 25+ years, I cover current events for national audiences and recently coauthored a New York Times best-selling book. As a correspondent for People magazine for 10+ years, I've been sent to Africa and Haiti, writing about disasters, veterans and the military, issues impacting children and families, and the disadvantaged. I'm extremely resourceful, professional, and deadline-oriented. As an author I'm represented by Robert Guinsler at Sterling Lord Literistic and am looking for my next book project too!

Expertise

Book Author
1 Year
Producer (television)
11 Years
Reporter
25 Years

Specialty

Family, Children & Teenagers
25 Years
Other, Specify
15 Years
Other, Specify
11 Years

Industries


Broadcasting - News - Cable (National)
11 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
10 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
20 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

27 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

NBC/Today.com (3-5), People magazine (10+), Scandinavian Broadcasting (10+)

Other Work History

Co-authored a memoir with wounded veteran JR Martinez. NY Times best-seller.

References

Stefan Asberg, Scandinavian TV Sandra Westfall, People magazine

Awards

First Place, Assn. of Black Journalists First Place, Society of Professional Journalists

Showcase

General

This Insidious Illness
(Today.com 5/26/2014)
An essay about how Lyme disease has affected my teenage daughter and our family.
An African Boy's Healing Year
(People magazine 9/22/2008)
I followed this boy for one year from California to Zimbabwe. His story was selected as one of CNN's Heroes of the Year.
The War in Afghanistan: Coming Home
(People magazine 8/9/2010)
This is the second part of a two-part story highlighting President Obama's "surge" of U.S. Marines to Afghanistan. For the first part, I interviewed story candidates who were days away from departing. For the second segment, I waited for the men at their homecoming and recorded their reactions.