Alexis Madrigal is a journalist in Oakland, California. He's the co-host of KQED’s current affairs show, Forum, and a contributing writer at The Atlantic, where he co-founded The COVID Tracking Project. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Fusion and and a staff writer at Wired. 

His new book, The Pacific Circuit, is coming out in March 2025 from MCD x FSG.

He is the proprietor of the Oakland Garden Club, a newsletter for people who like to think about plants.  

Madrigal authored the book Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology. 

He's been a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Information School and UC Berkeley's Center for the Study of Technology, Science, and Medicine as well as an affiliate with Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. 

He was born in Mexico City, grew up in rural Washington State, and went to Harvard. 

Photo credit: Miya Hirayabashi.