Alexandra Berzon

Reporter/ General Assignment

Alexandra Berzon began working for the Las Vegas Sun as a business reporter in 2007. She has also worked as a reporter for Red Herring, a technology magazine, the Anchorage Daily News and the San Antonio Express-News.

Berzon was the primary reporter for the Las Vegas Sun's Construction Deaths on the Strip series, which was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Berzon, 29, received an undergraduate degree in urban studies from Vassar College in 2001. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2006.

As a student at Berkeley, Berzon reported for Salon.com, NPR’s Living on Earth, and American Public Media’s American Radio Works. Her radio work dealt with a community of South Pacific islanders who had emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand, because of fears of sea level rise from global warming. The broadcasts were part of a multi-part series that won the George Polk Award for Radio Reporting in 2007.

Berzon’s stories on construction safety at the Sun were awarded the 2008 Story of the Year, News Feature of the Year and First Amendment awards by the Nevada Press Association.

She grew up in Berkeley, CA, where her parents are lawyers and her mother is a justice on the U.S. Ninth Circuit.

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Call Alexandra at 702-259-8824.

Blog Post Archive

Two workers injured in CityCenter fall: Tuesday, July 15, 2008; Two workers were injured after falling 22 feet at the CityCenter construction site this afternoon.
Nevada OSHA responds to criticism that it missed Saturday's safety workshop: Tuesday, July 1, 2008; Nevada's Occupational Safety and Health Administration was a no-show to Saturday's meeting at County chambers to discuss construction safety on Strip projects.
Locals leaders urge fix of "broken" construction safety system: Saturday, June 28, 2008
Low expectations for construction safety meeting: Thursday, June 26, 2008
Chairman takes aim at Nevada OSHA: Tuesday, June 24, 2008; WASHINGTON-- Construction safety on the Las Vegas Strip became a national issue this morning as the chairman of the House labor committee took aim at Nevada OSHA for the way it has handled cases involving fatal accidents.
Construction worker dies at Strip project: Monday, June 16, 2008; A veteran carpenter died Monday morning at the Echelon construction site on the Las Vegas Strip.
Construction Worker Dies at Echelon (UPDATED): Monday, June 16, 2008; A veteran carpenter died Monday morning at the Echelon construction site on the Las Vegas Strip.
FedOSHA director, in Las Vegas, mum on Strip safety: Tuesday, June 10, 2008; The timing couldn't have been more perfect. One week after the entire workforce of CityCenter walked out to protest unsafe working conditions, and just days after the state announced it was bringing in federal workplace safety inspectors to help them inspect CityCenter, the head of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ed Foulke popped into town on a pre-scheduled visit to speak at a conference for safety professionals.
Nevada asks for federal help to review CityCenter safety: Thursday, June 5, 2008; Nevada workplace safety regulators have asked for federal help in reviewing safety procedures at CityCenter.
CityCenter workers still off the job; more talks this afternoon: Tuesday, June 3, 2008; Thousands of construction workers who walked off the CityCenter construction site at midnight to demonstrate their concerns over safety issues remain off the job.
Unions threaten CityCenter walkout over safety: Monday, June 2, 2008; Construction workers will walk off the job at CityCenter at midnight tonight if the general contractor, Perini Building Company, does not follow through on steps to improve safety, union leaders said today.
High number of Las Vegas homes now vacant: Friday, March 21, 2008; The U.S. Census Bureau recently came out with its 2007 home vacancy rate data, and the Wall Street Journal has created a nifty map that makes it easy to compare Las Vegas with other parts of the country.
Reid focuses on Nevada unemployment (but gets a little confused): Friday, March 7, 2008; With the political and financial worlds buzzing about depressing national employment data released Friday by the Department of Labor, Sen. Harry Reid took the opportunity to highlight Nevada's rise in unemployment - and what Reid sees as obstruction from the Bush administration in solving economic woes.
Putting foreclosures on the map: Monday, Feb. 18, 2008; RealtyTrac has posted an interesting map that lays out the various stages of foreclosure in Las Vegas.
Resistant, immune...Let's call the whole thing off: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008
Las Vegas foreclosure rate still soaring: Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008
New foreclosure data highlights Nevada's horrible year: Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008
Furniture Mart gets new CEO: Monday, Jan. 28, 2008
Countrywide CEO: Don't cry for me Nevada: Monday, Jan. 28, 2008; A favorite source of contempt for people concerned about Nevada's high rate
of foreclosure - and that included for at least a short time the three
leading Democratic presidential candidates - is the unbelievably high
severance package of Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo.
Republicans re-register for Obama in Elko: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008
When campaigns collide: Friday, Jan. 18, 2008
Clinton attacks Yucca Mountain dump: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008
CES smaller this year: Monday, Jan. 14, 2008
Gaming boosters on Clinton team blast Obama: Friday, Jan. 11, 2008
Countrywide Rescued by Bank of America: Friday, Jan. 11, 2008
Foreclosure relief for Countrywide borrowers: Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008
The Vegas Building Rumor Watch: A Skyscraper Farm?: Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008
World Jewelry Center moves forward: Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008