Alex Orlando is a science journalist based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He’s currently a senior associate editor for Discover Magazine, where he oversees the magazine's feature well and front-of-book, in addition to writing and editing digital science stories for 1+ million readers on topics including health, neuroscience, technology, climate and more.

In 2018 and 2019, Alex was a staff reporter for the Half Moon Bay Review, where he tracked mountain lions, explored the properties of coastal fog and carved through the science behind giant pumpkin competitions, among other topics. His coverage of commercial cannabis earned him first place in enterprise reporting at the 2018 California Journalism Awards.

Alex got his master's degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, with a concentration in narrative writing. He won the school’s Clay Felker Award for Excellence in Longform Journalism in 2018.

In his past lives, Alex was a senior writer for Houston's Texas Medical Center and an ESL teacher in South Korea. His work has been featured in Discover Magazine, The Verge, San Francisco Magazine and the Half Moon Bay Review, among others. 

When he's not writing, Alex likes hiking, traveling, cooking fried rice and getting lost in the silver screen. Don't ask about his addiction to movie theater popcorn.