Alex Viveros is the award-winning Town and Health Reporter at the Jackson Hole News&Guide in Jackson, Wyoming. He writes stories related to health and the changing needs of one of the most unique towns in the United States.
Alex was the Editor in Chief of his college newspaper, The Tufts Daily, in the fall of 2020 and helped lead his newsroom through the COVID-19 pandemic. He is an alumnus of MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing, and has also interned at Science News, Chemical & Engineering News, Science Magazine and The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Alex was raised in Palo Alto, California, and is fluent in Spanish. When he’s not working, you can find him snowboarding, climbing, or otherwise exploring the outdoors in Jackson Hole.
Featured Clips

Jacksonites turn to ‘Wild West’ of insurance as health care subsidies expire
Jackson Hole News&Guide (December 24, 2025)
Webcam delivers eastern Europeans free drinks, and the Tetons a dose of virtual tourism.

Lithuanian barflies obsess over yellow cars, America — and a Jackson Hole livestream
Jackson Hole News&Guide (December 17, 2025)
Webcam delivers eastern Europeans free drinks, and the Tetons a dose of virtual tourism.

The severely depressed are desperate. For some in Teton County, ketamine is the answer
Jackson Hole News&Guide (November 5, 2025)
Though one provider backed off, others are at capacity providing psychedelic therapy.

Dancing with the banda at the Teton County feria
Jackson Hole News&Guide (July 30, 2025)
For Jackson Hole Latinos, Teton County Fair is a community treasure.

Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Science reveals what happened
Science News (April 28, 2025)
Calgary, Canada, and Juneau, Alaska, show how ending fluoridation can affect health

Jackson Hole tracks viruses from the toilet
Jackson Hole News&Guide (July 2, 2025)
Human waste analysis gives local doctors a better idea of how sick — or healthy — the population is.

Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done
Science News (February 24, 2025)
Six people describe what they were doing to benefit public health, safety and the environment

Pain meets precision medicine
Chemical & Engineering News (January 29, 2025)
Targeting voltage-gated sodium channels could usher in new opioid-free solutions for pain relief
What’s going to happen?’ Tufts scientists race to stay ahead of H5N1 as officials announce third human US case this year
The Boston Globe (June 2, 2024)
It’s still an open question, experts say, what will happen as the bird flu virus continues to spread.

