Kerry Eleveld
After years of focusing the bulk of our resources on our technology department, it's been super nice to be able to devote more of our budget to our editorial team. A month or two ago, we welcomed
Shaun King to our writing corps. Today, I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming Kerry Eleveld.
You may have noticed her work already here, so yeah, this intro is a bit belated. But that doesn't reflect on how excited I am to have her. Among her recent accomplishments, she was the White House press correspondent for The Advocate, was a senior fellow at Media Matters, and has freelanced at places like The Atlantic and Salon. Her first book, The Evolution, is about the LGBT movement's (just about) victory in the battle for marriage equality, and will be released next year.
Kerry's knowledge about movement-building will be invaluable as we continue building our own, and she brings a strong voice on issues like LGBT and rights, immigration, and campaigns and elections (she covered the Obama-Clinton primary for the Advocate back in the old days).
The overlap between her experience and skill set and our goals and mission of the site are uncanny, so it was serendipity that brought us together, and we as a site and community stand to benefit a great deal.