Alexander Schmidt

Alexander (Alex) Schmidt joined the ABC 6 News team in March 2024, having previously worked as a staff reporter for the Globe Gazette in Mason City and the St. Ansgar Enterprise Journal. 

 

Alex is a proud North Iowan and 2012 graduate of St. Ansgar High School, where he earned all-state speech honors in acting and radio broadcasting. His 2023 profile on a retiring farmer “Dick’s Country,” was a second-place finalist at the Iowa Newspaper Association Awards for Best Personality Feature News Story. 

 

Alex’s lifelong zeal for journalism may come from the point of his proud relation: America’s first great newspaperman Benjamin Franklin, who is his first cousin, ten generations removed. When he’s not explaining a news story or a fun fact to anyone who will listen, he is usually either singing or doing an absurd impression. 

 

In his free time, Alex enjoys reading and writing about history and politics, and is a multi-instrumentalist and freelance DJ. He lives in Carpenter with his partner Emily and their cat Roxanne.