A New York native, Alexandra Talty is an award-winning journalist based in Lebanon. From covering Sri Lankan women surfers to investigating legal prostitution in the Dominican Republic, she's always on the hunt for her next longform feature. In addition to working as a Senior Travel Contributor for Forbes, she also writes for Playboy Magazine, Outside Magazine and The National.

In 2016 she was the founding Editor-in-Chief of StepFeed in the Middle East and in 2019 was named a National Press Foundation fellow.