Alec Hamilton is WNYC's Morning Edition producer.
In order to have the day’s news ready when your alarm clock goes off, she starts her work day very, very early.
Before coming fulltime to WNYC, Alec worked as a reporter for Child Welfare Watch, covering child and family poverty in New York City. She’s a graduate of the masters in urban policy program at the New School and was a 2011 New York Times Institute Education Journalism Fellow.
She moved to Brooklyn from New Orleans in 2009, and has also lived in Washington DC, Washington State, and northern Mexico.
Shows:
Alec Hamilton appears in the following:
Mayor Adams slams Supreme Court decision striking down New York's conceal carry restrictions
Friday, June 24, 2022
Mayor Adams said he's concerned for New York City's public safety.
Former Connecticut Gov. weighs in on Texas mass shooting at elementary school
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Former Gov. Dan Malloy led the state during the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in 2012.
The poems of poetry month
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Here are some of the contributions listeners have sent in to us for our poetry month challenge.
NJ tumor cluster prompts investigation
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
New Jersey health officials are investigating after a cluster of people with rare brain tumors were all found to share a link to a high school in Middlesex County.
Open Orchard art project aims to restore NYC’s long-lost fruit trees
Monday, April 11, 2022
Most of these historic fruits were once plentiful on the city’s grassy knolls and hills. But they’ve since been mostly lost to climate change and mass agriculture.
Poetry Month with 12 year old Poet Kalima Crawford
Thursday, April 07, 2022
12 year old Kalima Crawford joined Morning Edition to talk poetry and why it matters.
Making beats behind bars: How ‘The Free Studio’ helps incarcerated New Yorkers find their voices
Monday, April 04, 2022
The program teaches people incarcerated on Rikers Island and in other NYC jails how to write and produce hip-hop.
Report: NJ Township paid to prevent release of recordings of mayor allegedly using racist and sexist language
Thursday, March 31, 2022
NJ Advance Media obtained the recordings through a draft of a lawsuit.
Poetry Month Kicks Off with Bronx Poet Laureate Haydil Henriquez
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Haydil Henriquez is the first ever Bronx Poet Laureate.
Wildflower of the Week: Witch Hazel
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
It's starting to look a little more cheery outside, now that plants are beginning their spring flowering.
Research center readies care for long-haulers as NJ enters third year of pandemic
Friday, March 04, 2022
The medical director of the COVID-19 Institute of New Jersey explains where the pandemic is heading in terms of chronic conditions.
Wildflower of the week: Cornelian cherry
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
It may be cold outside — but we're already looking ahead to spring and local wildflowers.
The NYPD Squashed Disciplinary Charges For Officers Accused Of Wrongful Arrests, Hitting Boy With Police Car
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
The boys arrested hadn't fit any specific description of the people involved in robbery, nor were they charged with anything.
The Lives Lost at Rikers in 2021
Monday, January 24, 2022
Fifteen people held at the Rikers Island jail died there in 2021. Two reporters set out to tell their stories.
Brooklyn Wildlife Rescuer Saves Everything From Albino Pythons to Slider Turtles
Friday, January 21, 2022
Prospect Park is home to a lot of animals, some native, some abandoned. Luckily, they have Marty Woess on their side.
One NJ Hospital Hit Hard by the Pandemic Faces Another Wave
Friday, January 07, 2022
With the omicron variant driving another surge in COVID-19 cases, Holy Name Medical Center is again seeing a wave of admissions.
DOC Head Fires Department Watchdog In First Week On Job
Thursday, January 06, 2022
The head of jails for New York City started his first week on the job by firing the person in charge of investigating wrong-doing in the department.
'The Shape of Things': Carrie Mae Weems at the Park Avenue Armory
Friday, December 17, 2021
A new installation speaks to our current political moment using technologies popular during the 1860s — because the past, Weems says, is still with us.
How NYC Is Tracking Down Omicron Cases
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
The head of NYC Test & Trace discusses how this public health initiative is looking for omicron cases, including those connected to an early outbreak at a Manhattan anime festival.
Grading De Blasio: How He Weathered Being The Climate Disaster Mayor
Friday, December 10, 2021
The de Blasio administration has highlighted the complex challenges facing the people of many coastal cities around the world.
