
Alex Hannaford

Born in London, Alex Hannaford cut his teeth in journalism on the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and newspapers on the south coast of England before joining London’s Evening Standard as a feature writer and later commissioning editor. Since moving to the US in 2003, he has written about the death penalty, crime, harsh sentencing, immigration and refugees, religion, culture and human rights issues for publications like British GQ, The Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph magazines, The Guardian & Observer, The Independent, The Atlantic, and The Texas Observer.
Articles by Alex Hannaford


A Man Was Murdered Here
Searching for clues to the life and death of William Greer.


Autism Inc.: The Discredited Science, Shady Treatments and Rising Profits Behind Alternative Autism Treatments
The road for parents with autistic children is made perilous by medical professionals willing to prescribe all sorts of treatments they say can treat, even cure, autism.


Is Larry Swearingen Innocent?
Nine forensic experts say Swearingen is on death row for a murder he couldn’t have committed, yet Texas courts won’t grant a new trial.

Highway Injustice
Texas leads the nation in unsolved serial highway homicides. Could interstate cooperation deliver closure?