Click to zoom Alex Taylor III
Senior Editor, Industry
FORTUNE

Alex Taylor covers the automotive industry.

Taylor joined FORTUNE in 1986. He was selected one of 100 Notable Business Journalists Of The 20th Century and has won numerous awards for his automotive writing, including three first prizes from the Detroit Press Club Foundation. The Washington Automotive Press Association voted him journalist of the year. Prior to joining FORTUNE, Taylor worked for TIME and The Detroit Free Press .

Taylor is a member of the International Motor Press Association, and is on the jury for the North America Car of the Year Awards, The IMPA Ken Purdy auto writing award and the Oversees Press Club Awards.

He earned a B.A. in history from Middlebury College and an M.S. in journalism from the University of Missouri .