Alice Speri Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny

- Covered foreign policy, with a focus on conflict, human rights, security assistance and irregular warfare. Reported from Ukraine and the West Bank, covered Russian war crimes and the Gaza war- Accountability reporting on the ICC, Interpol, USAID, UAE-run detention centers in Yemen, a DOD’s proxy war program, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Russian mercenaries- Worked in partnership with foreign publications in Italy, France and Ukraine. Worked with the Organized Crime & Corruption Reporting Project consortium

New York, Ny

- Covered criminal justice, civil rights, and immigration, reporting and writing long-form, investigative and narrative pieces as well as news and analysis - Produced a two-year investigation on sexual abuse in immigration detention, covered the Covid-19 pandemic in prisons and jails. Wrote an in-depth account of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s policing record- Covered the ‘school to deportation’ pipeline, the Trump administration’s immigration policies, the Muslim ban, and the deportation machine- Covered local and federal law enforcement, with stories on misconduct and militarization, and exclusive reporting on white supremacists' infiltration of police, the NYPD’s gang database, and predictive policing practices- Collaborated on a series of OSINT, visual investigations on police misconduct- Covered prisons, jails and immigration detention centers, with stories on abusive conditions and the economy of incarceration- Covered DA races and prosecutorial misconduct across the country, the 2016 conventions, voting rights, and the 2016 election- Co-reported an exclusive, investigative series on the role of private security firms in the surveillance of anti-DAPL protesters at Standing Rock- Covered the criminalization of dissent, with stories on the surveillance of activists and an investigation of the FBI’s ‘Black Identity Extremism’ label- Reported on leaked and sensitive documents, cultivated government and industry sources, handled records requests with state and federal agencies

Brooklyn, Ny

- Worked on development and as a field-based, on-camera correspondent on an Emmy-nominated series on women in conflict and crisis, produced by Gloria Steinem. Field reporting included an embed with the FARC in Colombia, and an investigation of femicide and gang violence in El Salvador

Brooklyn, Ny

- Member of the launching team at VICE News. Pitched, reported, and wrote dozens of stories, including breaking news, features, commentary and analysis. Focused mostly on criminal justice, immigration, and labor in the U.S., but also on conflict, with reporting about Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine- Among the first national correspondents in Ferguson, Missouri; contributed continuous coverage of the protests via livestream, wrote daily updates and co-produced and hosted daily dispatch videos. Launched VICE’s “officer involved” series, tracking police killings, and led coverage of the racial justice movement - Produced and hosted a short documentary on rising violence in Jerusalem

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti And New York, Ny

- Reported for Al Jazeera America on press freedom, and environmental and human rights in Russia ahead of the Sochi Olympics (2013-2014)- Reported from post-earthquake Haiti for The Christian Science Monitor and AFP, among others, with stories on child trafficking, sexual violence, corruption, and the aid industry. Contributed reporting as a stringer for the New York Times after Duvalier’s return to Haiti (2010-2011)- Covered The Bronx for DNAInfo (2012-2014)

Bronx, Ny

London, United Kingdom

New York, Ny

Newark, Nj

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

New York, Ny

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

New York, Ny

Phd Candidate, Comparative Literature

M.A. Comparative Literature, 2012

M.S., Newspaper

B.A. Cum Laude, Comparative Literature, Government, Arabic

Awarded a Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Work, 2009

International Baccalaureate