Current Title: Deputy Creative Director for Design
Organization: San Francisco Chronicle
Country: United States
Twitter:@alexkfong
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-k-fong-8100999b/
Position: Vice President
Bio
Alex K. Fong is the deputy creative director for design at the San Francisco Chronicle and oversees a multidisciplinary team of designers, graphic artists and developers. His more than 15 years of experience in the news industry has included leadership roles in newsrooms in the United States and overseas. In 2012, he collaborated on the redesign of some 80 daily print newspapers for Digital First Media, including the Los Angeles Daily News and the El Paso Times. During a four-year stint in China, Alex advocated for greater rigor in the practice of visual journalism and led the award-winning redesign of the Shanghai Star. Alex has mentored journalism students at the City College of San Francisco (where he was once a student) and currently serves on the journalism department’s advisory board. He recently participated in SND’s executive director search committee.
Alex is a musician in his spare time. He founded the post-punk band The Paper Tigers while living in Beijing. He builds his own audio electronics and has studied audio engineering and production privately at a recording studio near Oakland’s Jack London Square.