Elizabeth Spayd

Elizabeth Spayd is an American media journalist. She was the first woman to be named managing editor at The Washington Post,^[2] the editor and publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review, the sixth public editor of The New York Times,^[3][4] and a transparency consultant for Facebook.^[5][6] During her tenure at The New York Times, she took a number of controversial stances,^[2] and the paper eliminated her role in 2017.^[7][8][9]

Elizabeth Spayd
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Colorado State University[1]
Occupation	Media journalist
Employers	The Washington Post Columbia Journalism Review The New York Times Facebook

References

1. Smith, Stuart (January 25, 2017). "New public editor of The New York Times a CSU alumna". The Rocky Mountain Collegian. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
2. LaFrance, Adrienne (May 16, 2017). "Q&A With Liz Spayd, the Controversial Public Editor of The New York Times". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
3. Ember, Sydney (May 18, 2016). "New York Times Names Elizabeth Spayd Its 6th Public Editor". The New York Times. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
4. Weprin, Alex (May 18, 2016). "Elizabeth Spayd named New York Times public editor". Politico. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
5. Swisher, Kara (August 25, 2017). "Facebook has hired former NYT public editor Liz Spayd as a consultant in a 'transparency' effort". Recode. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
6. Turton, William (August 25, 2017). "Facebook hired the worst person in media to work on 'transparency'". The Outline. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
7. Vernon, Pete (May 31, 2017). "New York Times public editor Liz Spayd on decision to eliminate her position". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
8. Calderone, Michael (May 31, 2017). "The New York Times Is Eliminating The Public Editor Role". HuffPost. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
9. Owen, Laura Hazard (May 31, 2017). "The New York Times is eliminating the position of public editor; here's the Sulzberger memo". Nieman Lab. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

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Media offices
Preceded by Margaret Sullivan	Public Editor for The New York Times 2016–2017	Position eliminated