Liz Plank

Elizabeth Plank (born March 19, 1987) is a Canadian author and award-winning[2] journalist. She was a senior producer and political correspondent at Vox.[3] and currently hosts her own solutions-based journalism show Positive Spin at NBC News[4].

Liz Plank
Plank in 2014
Born
Elizabeth Plank[1]

(1987-03-19) March 19, 1987
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationMcGill University (BA)
London School of Economics (MSc)
Known forSenior producer and correspondent at Vox
Websitewww.elizabethplank.com

Early life

Plank grew in Montreal where she worked as a community counselor with people with disabilities[5] while attending McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, studying women's studies and international development. She competed on the school's varsity synchronized swimming team, co-founded Women's Week at McGill and participated in a campus production of The Vagina Monologues.[6]

She later got her Master's degree at the London School of Economics, and began writing articles for the Huffington Post.[7] While attending classes, she launched a Change.org petition that collected more than 55,000 signatures, and succeeded in reversing a decision by the Amateur International Boxing Association requiring female boxers to wear skirts while competing at the 2012 London Olympic Games.[7]

Career

In 2013 Plank began her media career as an intern at the New York City-based Mic, then named PolicyMic.[8] She quickly drew an audience for her reporting on feminist issues and after three months was promoted to head of the site's viral content team.[7] She served as a correspondent and co-creator of the weekly video series "Flip the Script", which covered social and political issues. Plank also served as a correspondent for the MSNBC live web show Krystal Clear.[9]

Plank was named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Media category.[10] Marie Claire ranked her among Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media and one of the 50 most influential women.[11][12] Her work has received hundreds of millions of views[13] and several accolades like Shorty[14] and Webby Awards[15].

Plank works at Vox Media, where she has hosted and produced several critically acclaimed series about politics.[16][17] In 2016 she produced and hosted 2016ish, an award-winning series about the presidential election, and gave a TedxTalk that inspired her first book, For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity,[18] published by St. Martin's Press in fall 2019. Plank regularly appears on cable news offering political analysis[19] and has been blocked on Twitter by President Donald Trump.[20]

gollark: Did you know? Your tongue exists. Your eyes are sometimes blinking. Yawning is a thing which can occur.
gollark: Oops.
gollark: I'm actually immune to "you are now breathing manually" now.
gollark: Worrying.
gollark: Breathing, then?

References
  1. https://www.feminist.org/intern/2011Spring/Elizabeth.asp
  2. "2016ish with Liz Plank: Winner in News and Media". Shorty Awards. Shorty Awards. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. Offenhartz, Jake (June 5, 2017). "Feminist Fight Club". Gothamist. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017.
  4. Ellefson, Lindsey. "Journalist". The Wrap. The Wrap. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  5. Angelique; Rocher. "Blogger". Cozy Sweater Cafe. Cosy Sweater Cafe. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  6. Palus, Shannon (September 2015). "Frank, funny and unapologetically feminist". McGill News Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  7. Gratton-Gagné, Catherine (2015-09-17). "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ELIZABETH PLANK, VIRAL CONTENT EXPERT". Adviso. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  8. McKenzie, Hamish (2013-08-13). "The secret to PolicyMic's surprising viral success? Behavioral analysis". Pando. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  9. "Vox Snags Mic's Elizabeth Plank for Election Coverage". The Hollywood Reporter. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  10. "2015 30 Under 30: Media". Forbes. 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  11. "Mediaite's (Best of the Rest) Most Influential in News Media 2017". Mediate. 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  12. Goldman, Lea; Sklar, Rachel (2016-10-13). "The New Guard: America's 50 Most Influential Women". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  13. BLATTBERG, ERIC. "Mic's hit video series on Facebook has gotten 33 million views in two months". Digiday. Digiday. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  14. "2016ISH WITH LIZ PLANK Winner in NEWS & MEDIA". Shorty Social Good Awards. Shorty Awards. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  15. The Webby Awards. "Liz Plank's Vox Media's 5-Word Speech at the 22nd Annual Webby Awards". Webby Awards Youtube Channel. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  16. Birkner, Christine (November 17, 2016). "Check Out the Winners of the First Shorty Social Good Awards". Adweek. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  17. Fredette, Meagan (14 May 2018). "Here Are Your 2018 Webby Award Winners". Paper Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  18. Ruiz, Michelle (September 12, 2019). "Boys Will Be Boys? Not in Liz Plank's For the Love of Men". Vogue. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  19. "Plank: Trump "needs sexism like a plant needs water"". MSNBC. 2018-02-13.
  20. Ziv, Stav (December 23, 2017). "An Imagined Trump apology is a Gift to Women". Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
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