Selected Writing

Toronto Life
Making a Mayor [Cover Story]

The Globe & Mail
Becoming a stand-up comedian meant succeeding at failure
How the game of chess became cool

Pitchfork
Bon Iver: SABLE, fABLE
The Tragically Hip: Fully Completely
William Ackerman: In Search of the Turtle’s Navel

The New York Times
Glaive and Hyperpop’s Breakthrough Moment

Playboy
The Playboy guide to the 2026 World Cup

The FADER
Haruomi Hosono’s endless experiment
Getting lost with Ravyn Lenae [Cover Story]
What Hagop Tchaparian took with him

Deadspin
How one rich man’s weird dream transformed a British soccer team

Huck
The harrowing story of England’s first openly gay footballer

Vice
What ever happened to Willis Earl Beal?

Publications

SORRY is a magazine about Toronto
No Commentary is a newsletter about obscure soccer

Work

Creative Director, VaynerMedia (2025-26)

Editorial Director, The FADER (2021-25)
Editor, The FADER (2019-21)

Contributing Editor, Vice (2016-19)

Contact

alex [at] alexrobertross [dot] com