Alexis Carey

About

Alexis Carey is a Commissioning Editor at News.com.au, responsible for commissioning content from freelance writers, experts and PRs, sourcing and writing opinion pieces and managing a considerable commissioning budget. Most recently she was a Senior Reporter at the same publication, and before that, a Finance Editor and Reporter also at News.com.au, and a writer at the Mamamia Women's Network.Alexis studied a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) at the University of Sydney, graduating in 2009. In 2010 Alexis joined Fairfax Media at The Area News in Griffith, NSW, covering business, agriculture and wine, health, education and politics as well as general news.In 2011 she joined News Corp Australia at the Penrith Press, covering education, state and federal politics, health and general news. She also furthered her journalism skills via a cadetship, which included an online and a shorthand course. Alexis can write shorthand at 120 words per minute. Alexis joined the Inner West Courier in 2013, covering local, state and federal politics, transport, education and general news.She has been responsible for uploading stories online, laying out pages for print and managing social media for the publication as well as developing and maintaining vital contacts, generating and chasing stories and editing content.She has appeared on television and radio and her work has appeared in a range of Australian publications.