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Alex Berg
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creative director & ⚢ journalist
telling stories in every medium. trail running devotee. probably yapping.
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this is truly the only take I want to read
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Children who appear to be "barely legal" are still children. I cannot even believe that I have to write that.
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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thank you for joining me!
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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WE THANK YOU!!!
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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I appreciate your service!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Teen Vogue made a space to go deep into policy and history on abortion access in the U.S. Many people don't know that abortion medication is safer than Tylenol and has been available around the world for decades. Another favorite story I wrote.
www.teenvogue.com/story/medica...
After 20 Years, Doctors Say the "Abortion Pill" Is Still Too Hard to Get
And the Trump Administration is trying to make it even harder.
www.teenvogue.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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The reunion is happening all weekend!
October 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Finally, as the anti-trans sports discourse took off, an in-depth feature on an athlete who was barred from participating that centered a trans woman's voice and perspective, as all stories should.

Thank you Brooke and NBC OUT for making space for my reporting.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Stuck on the sidelines: A transgender powerlifter fights for the right to compete
"It’s not fair to genetically eliminate an entire group of people," said JayCee Cooper, who was barred from USA Powerlifting competitions.
www.nbcnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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A report on the 45th anniversary of Roe, before it's overturn, about how abortion is an LGBTQ+ issue. NBC OUT was one of the few publications that recognized the importance of reporting on reproductive rights and queer and trans people.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Abortion is an LGBTQ issue, too, advocates stress
Forty-five years after the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, LGBTQ advocates say abortion is still thought of as something that only impacts heterosexual people.
www.nbcnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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A fun exploration about how younger queer folks and WLW are using the term "Sapphic" as an expansive descriptor for the community.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
What does 'Sapphic' mean? An ancient term is having a modern moment
From the Sapph-Lit book club to the Sapph-o-rama film series and the Sapphic Sandwich Instagram account, a word with an ancient Greek namesake is being reclaimed by women-loving women.
www.nbcnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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A feature about the beginnings of World Rugby's transphobic policies, featuring trans athletes and actual experts — not culture war warriors — on gender and athletic performance.
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
World Rugby’s transgender ban a ‘dangerous precedent,’ critics say
The sport’s international governing body issued new guidelines barring trans women from playing women’s contact rugby due to “player welfare risks.”
www.nbcnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM