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Alex Dalenberg

New York
As seen in: The Mozila Blog, Entrepreneur, Albany Business Review, Chicago Business Journal, Denver Business Journal, Milwaukee Business Journal, New York Business Journal, Puget Sound Business Journal, Sacramento Business Journal, San Francisco Business Times and
Covers:  freelancers, creatives, entrepreneurs, new media, work habits
Recommendations editor at @Pocket. Sun bear enthusiast. Co-host of @quibblerpodcast, a Harry Potter book club. Yes, I do read other books!

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I’m a journalist and personal historian based in Brooklyn, New York.

I write about new media, creatives and new ways of working as a contributor to Upstart Business Journal. My business Anecdotable helps individuals and organizations tell their stories through memoir and oral history. I'm always open to pitches and other proposals. I like to help people in general. If for whatever reason I can't help you, I'll do my best to find someone who can. Let's get in touch.

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Firefox tips and tricks for journalists

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By Alex Dalenberg
| The Mozila Blog
I’ve always loved journalism. When I was in high school a chemistry teacher once gently reprimanded me for reading a copy of The New York Times during class. When I told them I was more interested in the midterm elections than balancing equations, they said, “You’ll never get a job reading newspapers.” Fast forward to today and that’s… basically what I do as a recommendations editor for Mozilla.
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The Ultimate Dinosaur Reading List

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By Alex Dalenberg
| Pocket
Pocket worthyStories to fuel your mind Triceratops! Stegosaurus! T. rex! Channel your inner five year old with this Brachiosaurus-sized collection of the best articles about dinosaurs, dinosaur fossils, and dinosaur hunters. Pocket Collections Alex Dalenberg How was it? Save stories you love and never lose them. If you ever want to put things in perspective, consider this: Less time separates human beings in history from Tyrannosaurus rex than T. rex from Stegosaurus. That’s right. While T.
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The Great Cicada Swarm: What to Know About Brood X

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By Alex Dalenberg
| Pocket
Over the next few weeks, trillions of cicadas will erupt from the soil across the eastern United States. The cicadas will sing, mate, lay eggs, and ultimately die en masse after a cacophonous insect bacchanal. These noisy buggers belong to Brood X, which sounds ominous, but actually stands for the Roman numeral for 10. It’s one of the biggest and wide-ranging groups of periodical cicadas in the United States, which emerge from the ground after 13 and 17-year cycles.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Sports reporter at the Arizona Daily Wildcat.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, at my grandmother's house. I think before we owned a computer.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Peter Parker, freelance photojournalist.