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Alexandria writes about self-driving cars in San Francisco and new innovative technology from Silicon Valley driving change in the automotive business. She covers the twists and turns of Tesla and the electric car maker's tweeting CEO Elon Musk, the Volkswagen emissions scandal, and the hiccups along the road as autonomous vehicles become a reality. Before San Francisco, Alexandria was in Paris, covering French politics, terrorism - including the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks - the justice system, macroeconomics and culture. Hired by Reuters to cover the 2005 Michael Jackson molestation trial in southern California, other big stories include the BP oil spill in Louisiana, radical Islam in French jails, the terrorism trial of ultra-leftist Carlos the Jackal, gay marriage and the fight for marijuana legalization in California. Alexandria wrote about film during the Cannes Film Festival, fashion during Paris Fashion Week and continues to weigh in on the annual Oscars red carpet. Previously in California for Reuters, Alexandria spent six years covering U.S. apparel retailers and manufacturers, including some of the world's most well-known brands like Gap and Levi-Strauss, and e-commerce. For the AP, Alexandria drove coverage on polygamy, and the Mormon church in Utah. She covered police brutality, gubernatorial politics and celebrity criminal trials in Los Angeles. Other reporting jobs at the Los Angeles Times and Marketplace Radio. French, Italian, Spanish and German speaker. Recent stories: http://blogs.reuters.com/alexandria-sage/