👋 I'm Liz Kelly Nelson. I help journalists, newsrooms and media companies consider the evolution of our field and how we ensure equitable access to news and information for all. I've had fun, satisfying work across the spectrum: from launching and writing one of The Washington Post's first blogs to editorial direction to managing in-house talent to forging partnerships and fundraising to revenue strategy to organizational change management. I'm a big fan of bringing more of a DIY ethos to how we evolve. Lately, I've been developing support systems, norms and biz plans for independent journalism creators and helping news organizations understand and better serve and enrich the brains that will chart our collective future: Gens Z and Alpha. ​ 

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what I'm up to right now:

• Writing the Project C newsletter charting the evolution of creator-model journalism. Subscribe!

• Working with an amazing coalition of smarties who want to build the future of independent news and information.

• Advising of aspiring creators in group settings and 1:1.

• Collaborating with Trusting News to develop a shared set of standards for creator journalists.

• Working with the Freedom Forum & Newswell on a First Amendment awareness campaign. 

• Helping Houston Landing to build the future of audience-centric independent journalism in Houston.

• Recently, I completed work re: the viability of a journalism creator-centric collective as a fellow in the Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University's School of Journalism. 

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where I've  been:

Most recently, I was VP of vox.com where I worked with a team of journalism's most-talented editors, videographers, podcasters and audience strategists – all in service of a mission to create equity through access to information and build sustainable, diversified revenue streams. I'm so damn proud to have been a part of taking Vox's flagship daily news podcast, Today, Explained, to 100+ public radio stations and launching Unexplainable – the coolest, weirdest science podcast out there. ​Over the years, I've been lucky to work with amazing people at USA Today, The Desert Sun, Zap2It, The Washington Post and AOL News. I created and grew Celebritology, an early aughts blog/column devoted to unpacking celeb and TV culture, into a top destination on washingtonpost.com. (Ask me about "Lost," Lindsay Lohan or Michael Jackson). I've lived many fulfilling media lives as a content developer, managing editor, blogger and Chatwoman (if you know, you know).​​

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