Alex Beam (born Jacob Alexander Beam in 1954) is an American writer and journalist. He is also a columnist for The Boston Globe.\n', 'He has worked at Newsweek and BusinessWeek, where his tenure included Boston and Moscow bureau chief, before joining The Boston Globe. His columns for the Globe has appeared since 1987. He was a John Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University in 1996–1997. Beam is the author of the 2014 book American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church.\n', '

Beam grew up in Washington, D.C.. His father, Jacob D. Beam, was a diplomat. Jacob D. Beam\'s father was named Jacob. Alex Beam\'s son is also named Jacob.\n', '

Beam attended Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was Foreign Correspondent for the twice-weekly school newspaper, The Exonian, and graduated from Yale University in 1975. \n', '

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