Alexandra svokos
Alexandra Svokos is a versatile manager with experience in editing, data analysis, and strategy. She earned an MBA at NYU Stern. Alexandra is currently the digital managing editor at Kiplinger, leading the storied personal finance magazine’s website.
At Kiplinger, she manages the digital team, overseeing staff writers and editors to make smart editorial and traffic acquisition strategies while maintaining a budget. This also includes overseeing newsletter and social media operations, as well as third-party platform and ecommerce and affiliate relationships and planning.
She previously served as the senior editor at ABC News digital, running daily coverage for the network’s website. She navigated the network’s digital team through the COVID-19 pandemic and sudden move to remote work, Jan. 6, the start of the war in Ukraine, two Olympic Games, and more historic events. This included work celebrated by ABC News’ first Edward R. Murrow Award for overall excellence in digital.
While she has been a manager and editor for years, she also takes the time to write about topics important to her, both within her staff roles and as a freelancer. As a reporter, Alexandra is known for her work covering women’s issues, including reproductive rights and work equality, as well as culture, including sports and music. As a music writer, she covers opera and classical music, including program notes. As a sports writer, she covers specialty topics like the Olympics and mountaineering.
Before ABC News, she served as a news editor at Bustle and the senior news editor at Elite Daily, managing a team of editors and writers on national and trending news. For Elite Daily, she traveled on the campaign trail throughout the 2016 election, from Des Moines to the Javits Center.
Alexandra earned an MBA at the Langone part-time program at NYU Stern, specializing in finance and management. She earned her undergraduate degree in economics and nonfiction creative writing at Columbia University, where she served as editor-in-chief at both Bwog and IvyGate, leading school news and gossip blogs.
She loves cooking, terrible teen TV shows and Haruki Murakami. She’s working on her soup recipes and is sometimes an aspiring mountaineer.