Alexander is a Charlotte native and graduated in 2013 from N.C. Central University, an HBCU in Durham, N.C. He’s covered a variety of beats in his career from K-12 schools, public safety,

town government, recruiting, Duke basketball, UNC basketball and football at the Raleigh New & Observer, and most recently spent two years covering the Carolina Panthers for the Charlotte Observer.

He has twice earned APSE National Top 10 honors for his writing and reporting.

He broke one of the biggest stories on the Panthers beat in November 2021, when he revealed that the Panthers were planning to meet with quarterback Cam Newton with the intentions to sign him one year after releasing him.

In his free time, Jonathan enjoys coaching youth basketball, trying new restaurants and hanging with friends. He has one sister, Tyler, who has lived in Houston for six years. His parents, Stanley and Becky, who are his biggest influences, are both retired social workers.

Jerome Solomon is a sports columnist for the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at jerome.solomon@houstonchronicle.com.

A Houston native who grew up in Acres Homes, Jerome started his journalism career with the Chronicle, covering high schools and then the Big 12 before moving to the Boston Globe, where he covered the New England Patriots as a beat writer. He returned to the Chronicle to become a columnist in 2007.