Hi, I’m Alexander Castro. I’m a writer and photographer.
I currently work as a reporter covering technology, health care and education for Rhode Island Current.
Everything I’ve written
for Rhode Island Current
Recent and recent-ish good ones (WIP)
Federal judge rejects DOJ lawsuit against Rhode Island over voter rolls
As Smithfield moves to ban data centers, Smith Hill is still debating how to define them
The internet is putting kids at risk. These mom lawmakers want to force tech firms to make it safer.
Providence federal judge grills DOJ lawyer over reasons for demanding RI’s voter data
Hasbro shareholders drop suit alleging toymaker overprinted Magic: The Gathering card sets
US Education secretary promotes returning school autonomy to states
Good ones from 2025
New RIC cyber range prepares students for real world danger lurking in cyberspace
The end is near for Windows 10. Here’s how local and state government IT officials are preparing.
Bloody bloody ‘American Revolution’: Dark story comes to light in latest Ken Burns project
Who’s afraid of Big Pharma? Not the R.I. House’s lone independent
Everything you need to know about RIBridges’ backend was on the internet for the past six months
THERE’S MORE
Sept. 2025 | 1st place A-Mark Prize at the New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA) for reporting on the RIBridges data breach
2022-2023 | An archive of exhibits I curated at ROGER THAT, a short-lived RWU gallery space in downtown Bristol, RI
2022-2024 | Exhibitions Director and adjunct professor of visual art, Roger Williams University, Visual Arts Department
2014-2023 | Freelance writer + photographer. Bylines included: University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography (Aboard GSO), GLASS Quarterly, Newport Mercury, Newport Daily News, Providence Journal, Art New England, Big Red & Shiny, Travelmag, Providence Business News, Take, Rhode Island Monthly, Martha’s Vineyard Times, Motif, Bay State Running
AS SEEN IN 👀
My stories are occasionally or have been republished in The Boston Globe, Ocean State Stories, Ocean State Media, and Providence Business News as well tech outlets like Route Fifty and DataBreaches.net.
CITATIONS in other publications include: IGN, Wired, Mother Jones, MS NOW, Fox News, Oregon Artswatch, Becker’s Dental + DSO Review, The CU Daily, Going Concern, Oregon Law Review, Roger Williams University Law Review and MTG Wiki.
And, maybe one of the greatest honors a writer can receive, my work has appeared in the footnotes of various Wikipedia articles: Newport, Rhode Island; 2026 Pawtucket shooting; 2025 Brown University shooting; Seaconke Wampanoag Tribe; 2026 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election; National Museum of American Illustration; Community College of Rhode Island; Jamestown Arts Center; Mayoral elections in Providence, Rhode Island;Rhode Island Department of Health.
My stories are regularly syndicated (and, sometimes, my photos reappear) across States Newsroom publications, the national network to which Rhode Island Current belongs, as well as Yahoo.
ARTS WRITING
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