Alessandra Stanley

Alessandra Stanley
Born (1955-10-03) October 3, 1955
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
LanguageEnglish
Alma materHarvard University
GenreJournalism
Notable awardsMatrix Award (1993)
Weintal Prize (1998)
SpouseMichael Specter (former)
Children1

Alessandra Stanley (born October 3, 1955) is an American journalist and former New York Times writer and critic. She is currently the co-editor of a weekly newsletter "for worldly cosmopolitans" that launched in 2019 called Air Mail, alongside former Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter. Her most recent Air Mail columns focus on Trump and the 2024 election.

Notable Air Mail stories include a ten-part series on the 2022 University of Idaho murders, and an investigation in the real-life predations of the founder of School of Rock.