Alex Lo
Breaking News Assignment Desk Editor @Nbc News
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WORK HISTORY
Breaking News Assignment Desk Editor @Nbc News
Emmy® nominated national breaking news desk editor overseeing weekend overnight operations•Monitored and assessed breaking news developments overnight, exercising editorial judgment to verify key details and proactively alert network executives to high-impact stories, enabling swift, coordinated coverage.•Authored company-wide editorial notes guiding coverage across NBC News broadcast, streaming, and digital properties.•Orchestrated visual and on-the-ground coverage, securing key contacts with officials and eyewitnesses and dispatching network assets in real time. Led executive morning briefings to shape editorial direction and guide resource deployment.•Coordinated multi-platform coverage in collaboration with field producers, correspondents, crews, and bureaus. Interfaced between network programs and up to 15 field teams simultaneously to manage reporter live shots.•Pitched, wrote, edited, and booked high-profile network exclusive interviews, including former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, and Academy President Janet Yang, airing across NBC News platforms.•Produced profile feature segments for the \"Olympic Zone\", NBC\'s top-rated sports magazine show aired on affiliates nationwide, and contributed to breaking news coverage of the 2024 Paris and 2026 Milan Olympics Games.
EDUCATION
Purdue University
Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Institute
Boston University
Trustee Scholar, (B.A.) Double Major in International Relations and Economics
ABOUT ALEX LO
Alex Lo is an Emmy award-winning film and television journalist whose work has been seen everywhere from NBC’s TODAY Show, to the United Nations, to the private cinema at the White House.Alex’s reporting for NBC News guides breaking coverage on NBC’s TODAY Show and Nightly News. He has produced exclusive interviews with newsmakers like Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, and also contributes to NBC\'s Olympics coverage. Alongside Director Richard Lui, Alex was the driving force behind UNCONDITIONAL, a groundbreaking seven-year project that highlights the mental health challenges faced by caregivers. The Academy Award® qualifying film was the most widely distributed documentary of 2023. In a historic first, UNCONDITIONAL was screened at the U.S. Capitol for Members of Congress, at the European Parliament in Brussels, at the United Nations Headquarters, and at the White House by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. Alex is a member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA). He serves as a National Board Representative with the Asian American Journalists Association and is a mentor of its JCamp youth program. He also contributes to the Advisory Panel of \'Impact at Work\', helping to launch a series of workplace inclusion risk reports in Davos during the World Economic Forum and at SXSW. Alex made his producing debut with the $3.1M documentary feature “Sky Blossom”, on children caring for military veterans with disabilities. The film premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and was met with critical acclaim including the prestigious Christopher Award and an Academy Awards® qualification. He has negotiated distribution deals with Peacock, American Public Television/PBS, produced top-rated broadcasts for MSNBC, and forged an unprecedented community partnership between Universal Pictures Distribution and AMC Theatres to release impact-driven films in all 50 U.S. states. Alex is also an experienced moderator and panelist, including speaking appearances at New York’s 92Y and the United Nations headquarters. Before journalism, he spent four years in sports broadcasting as part of the control room crew for the NBA\'s Boston Celtics and NHL\'s Boston Bruins. He is fluent in three languages and graduated with honors from Boston University.
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