Alex Hutchinson is a freelance journalist in Toronto. He is a contributing editor at Popular Mechanics magazine, and a former staff reporter at the Ottawa Citizen, where he remains a frequent contributer. Areas of expertise include:

  • science and technology
  • sports
  • music
  • business

 
News & Highlights:
Articles from a nutrition series on bad science, holiday eating, and health food fads (Ottawa Citizen, Nov/Dec 2007)
"Betting $1.5-million to build a winner," an article about the Brooks Marathon Project (Globe and Mail, Sept. 29, 2007)
"Breaking D-Wave," an article on quantum computing (The Walrus, September 2007)
"Any Race, Every Weekend" (Ottawa Citizen, May 26, 2006) Winner of a 2006 National Newspaper Award in the sports category.
"The Next Atomic Age" (Popular Mechanics, October 2006)