Alex Helmick

KQED Contributor

Alex Helmick is a former supervising editor of KQED's newscast unit. He led a team of 10 and edited content for KQED’s 20 daily newscasts as well as occasionally editing The California Report. Before joining KQED, Alex worked in Geneva, Switzerland, where he reported from the United Nations European Headquarters and later hosted a 2-hour daily current events program. In 2009, he covered the war in Afghanistan and its impact on the humanitarian crisis in the country. He has also covered business in Chicago and produced the evening news for WBEZ.