Alex Woodson

Digital Content Producer & Editorial Manager, Carnegie Council

Alex Woodson is a digital content producer, editorial manager, and the host of the Global Ethics Review podcast. He was also the host of the Carnegie New Leaders Podcast and was contributing editor for Policy Innovations.

Woodson previously worked as a reporter for The Hollywood Reporter, mostly covering digital media news, and as a contributing writer for the United Nations Association's The Interdependent. He has also worked for Scholastic and the National Basketball Association.

In addition, he has interned at Council on Foreign Relations, Worldwatch Institute, and InterAction.

Woodson is a graduate of New York University, where he received a BA in journalism. He also received an MA in global communication from The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.

Featured Work

MAR 17, 2021 Podcast

Global Ethics Review: COVID-19 & International Relations, Part One

In this new podcast series, we'll be connecting Carnegie Council's work and current events with our senior fellows, senior staff, and friends of our organization. ...

AUG 31, 2020 Podcast

Protests in Perspective: The Role of the Media, with Danielle K. Kilgo

The racial justice protests have been a huge story for local, national, and international media outlets throughout the summer of 2020. But as public opinion has ...

JUL 15, 2020 Podcast

Immigration & the Black Lives Matter Protests, with Kavitha Rajagopalan

How have conversations in the immigration rights community shifted since this round of Black Lives Matters protests started? In this new environment, what are some ...

U.S./Mexico border at Border Field State Park/Imperial Beach, San Diego, California, 2014. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/diversey/15999598736">Tony Webster</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

JUN 24, 2020 Podcast

"Remain in Mexico" & Immigration Policy in 2020, with Molly O'Toole

Molly O'Toole, immigration and security reporter at the "Los Angeles Times," discusses Trump's "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy and its many ethical and legal issues. ...

JUN 10, 2020 Podcast

Climate Change, Migration, & Humanity's Niche, with Tim Kohler & Marten Scheffer

A new report finds that over the next 50 years, 1 to 3 billion people could be living outside the climate niche that has "served humanity well over ...

Aid packages from China are unloaded at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, Philippines on March 21, 2020. CREDIT: <a href=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_COVID19_test_kit_PH_donation_7.jpg> Philippines Presidential Communications Operations Office (CC)</a>.

MAY 26, 2020 Podcast

China's Changing Role in the Pandemic-Driven World, with Amitai Etzioni & Nikolas Gvosdev

How has the pandemic changed U.S-China relations? How has it altered China's relationship with other nations and its geopolitical positioning? George Washington University's Amitai ...

Al-Hol camp in Northeastern Syria, October 2019. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VOA_in_Al-Hol_Camp,_Syria,_17_October_2019.jpg">Voice of America/Public Domain</a>

MAY 19, 2020 Podcast

COVID-19 in Conflict Zones, with Kelly Razzouk

Countries like Syria and Libya are facing a "double" emergency right now, says the International Rescue Committee's Kelly Razzouk, as these states are having to ...

Donald Trump & Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin_%26_Donald_Trump_in_Helsinki,_16_July_2018_(7).jpg">Kremlin.ru (CC)</a>.

MAY 12, 2020 Podcast

Great Power Populism, COVID-19, & Missing Leadership, with Damjan Krnjević Mišković & Nikolas Gvosdev

What is "great power populism" and what does it mean during the pandemic? Are we heading towards another global conflict? And are there any leaders ...

MAY 5, 2020 Podcast

COVID-19 & the Future of Health Data, with Mona Sloane

The implementation of contact tracing and the collection of health data may be necessary for life to return to "normal" in the face of the ...

Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. CREDIT: <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kutupalong_Refugee_Camp_(Maaz_Hussain-VOA).jpg>Maaz Hussain (CC)</a>.

APR 23, 2020 Article

Facing a Pandemic in the Dark: An Update on Cox's Bazar & COVID-19, with Razia Sultana

Three weeks ago, Razia Sultana, a Rohingya lawyer and activist, wrote an article for the Carnegie Council website about how over 1 million Rohingya refugees living ...