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Alexandra Hayah Jellinek Perloe (born January 11, 1984) is a young American female journalist currently living in central Massachusetts. Perloe has been a local correspondent for the the Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise since 2006. Prior to this assignment, Perloe worked as a freelance journalist for the Boston-based Globe West, covering local news in the western suburbs on the great Boston metropolitan area.

Perloe graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, where she received highest honors for her thesis in her major of Psychology. She was also inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. While at Brandeis, Perloe served as the Features section editor for the The Justice, Brandeis’ independent student newspaper. It is worth noting that under Perloe’s tenure as an editor, there was a wide consensus among the Brandeis community that the often scandal-ridden newspaper improved substantially. Many credit Perloe’s leadership with this development.

Perloe is often described as one of contemporary American Journalism’s “rising stars” by her colleagues. Many point to her unique writing style, attention to detail, and ability to see the “big picture” as reasons for attaching this title. Currently, Perloe is focused on reporting local news and political developments in Ashburnham and Westminster. Given the quality of her writing, it is widely speculated that it will not be long before Perloe is lured away from central Massachusetts with a position at a major paper such as the Boston Globe or the New York Times.