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Alexis Madrigal - Alexis Madrigal is a senior editor at The Atlantic. He's the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology.
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The New York Observer calls him, "for all intents and purposes, the perfect modern reporter." Madrigal co-founded Longshot magazine, a high-speed media experiment that garnered attention from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the BBC. While at Wired.com, he built Wired Science into one of the most popular blogs in the world. The site was nominated for best magazine blog by the MPA and best science Web site in the 2009 Webby Awards. He also co-founded Haiti ReWired, a groundbreaking community dedicated to the discussion of technology, infrastructure, and the future of Haiti.

He's spoken at Stanford, CalTech, Berkeley, SXSW, E3, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and his writing was anthologized in Best Technology Writing 2010 (Yale University Press).

Madrigal is a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley's Office for the History of Science and Technology. Born in Mexico City, he grew up in the exurbs north of Portland, Oregon, and now lives in Oakland.
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Video: The Scene at the White House

By Alexis Madrigal

May 2 2011, 2:20 AM ET Comment

Osama Bin Laden

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- They came in droves as soon as word started to spread that Osama bin Laden had been killed. From all over the Washington area, people flocked to the White House to be with other Americans on a night that felt equal parts celebratory and strange.

As the groups of friends and compatriots neared the White House, many broke out in cheers or waved at passing cars, hooting and hollering. This video shows what the walkup was like about 10 minutes after President Obama finished his address to the nation. It's raw and unedited, but after seeing the crowds perform for the television cameras, this seems like a more honest portrayal of the scene.

Video: Alexis Madrigal.



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