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Alex Ip
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Editor-in-Chief, The Xylom
Atlanta
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Biography
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Alex is a first-generation college student studying Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech as a Lee Hysan Memorial Scholar and an HKSES Scholar. Alex's work lies at the intersection of faith, climate, and storytelling. He is the Founder and Editor of The Xylom, creating personal stories of science and humanity. He works with science professionals in over 20 countries and regions. For his work at The Xylom, Alex has been accepted into the Class of 2019 of the Millennium Fellowship, presented at the 2019 Georgia Climate Conference, and represented Georgia Tech at the 2020 ACC Leadership Symposium at Louisville, KY, focusing on storytelling as an agent for social change. Outside of his role at The Xylom, Alex is part of Georgia Tech's Sustainability Student Advisory Council and is the co-creator of the #FridaysforFuture at Georgia Tech. He is affiliated with Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, trained by former VPOTUS Al Gore as a Climate Reality Leader, and is a Serve-Learn-Sustain intern for the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance for Summer 2020. He also co-chairs the Hong Kong Student Association at Georgia Tech and is researching an affordable, portable, carbon-neutral snake incubation center with Zoo Atlanta. You will see Alex at most Georgia Tech football and basketball games, and you will not want to sit next to him, because he is a very, very loud fan.
Anything that is not motoring, motorsport, automotive technology
Content
By Alex Ip| The Xylom@ I’ll get straight to the point: The Xylom will no longer post on the social media site X (formerly Twitter.) We had taken a hiatus from Twitter in late 2022 to assess the digital landscape after the site’s sale to Elon Musk; we returned in Spring 2023 in response to Atlanta-area reader demand for environmental accountability journalism. Our award-winning “Cop City” reporting and ongoing MARTA coverage have filled important news gaps for concerned residents and decision-makers.
By Alex Ip| Atlanta Community Press Collective@ We crunched the numbers of metro Atlanta’s weekend rail service cuts. Here’s what we found. by Alex Ip, the Xylom. Illustration by Alex Ip. This story was originally published by The Xylom, a non-profit, Gen-Z-run newsroom covering the communities influencing and being shaped by science. As Georgia’s oldest LGBTQ+ advocacy nonprofit, the Atlanta Pride Committee is likely used to pushback when organizing their annual Atlanta Pride, the largest free Pride festival in the United States.
By Alex Ip| The Xylom@ As Georgia’s oldest LGBTQ+ advocacy nonprofit, the Atlanta Pride Committee is likely used to pushback when organizing their annual Atlanta Pride, the largest free Pride festival in the United States. But perhaps neither the committee nor Pridegoers expected the biggest hurdle to be getting to the venue. Even on a weekend when 300,000 people get together to celebrate gender and sexual diversity in Midtown Atlanta, the city’s transit authority was running its trains on a slower, “special” schedule.
Company Info
The Xylom
The Xylom is a nonprofit newsroom based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2018. It is the only Asian American-run news outlet dedicated to science, climate, and environmental coverage, specifically serving the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Operated by Gen-Z immigrants, The Xylom focuses on enhancing science communication through storytelling and journalism. The organization produces a variety of original content, including personal essays and longform science features, as well as resources for early-career science professionals. It also publishes a twice-monthly newsletter that curates notable science stories from the American South and beyond, aiming to amplify underrepresented voices in science journalism. The Xylom connects the AAPI community with science, highlighting their experiences and contributions to the field.
Atlanta, United States
+1 678-871-9245
Founded: 2018