Alyssa Fowers, a graphics reporter at the Washington Post covering the economy, has been hired by City Cast DC as a data reporter.
Fowers joined The Post less than two months before the world shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic and found her feet in journalism covering economics and public policy. Her portfolio includes investigative work into rent-setting algorithms, deeply personalized interactive stories about socioeconomic class, and explainers about the real-life impacts of policy debates.
She also covered fun facts as a guest writer for The Post’s Department of Data column, with stories about dog names and the true donut capitals of the United States. (Incidentally, her name is more human than dog and she lives in Greater Dunkin’land.)
“We were blown away by Alyssa’s creativity, curiosity and versatility,” said managing editor Yu Vonkiatkajorn. “She has the incredible ability to help readers understand a data set or statistic, no matter how dense, and to find engaging ways to draw people in. There are so many data stories waiting to be told in this region and I know Alyssa is the reporter who will uncover them.”
Alyssa grew up in Miami, Florida and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Duke University in 2013. She has lived in the D.C. area for over a decade and visits the azalea collection in the National Arboretum every spring.
