I'm a publisher and media-maker who has spent more than 20 years building and leading journalism organizations.

I'm currently CEO and Publisher of AED Media, where I work with my wife Jessica Valenti to sustain and expand Abortion, Every Day, which is read and watched more than 10 million times a month and cited as a model for the future of independent, creator-led journalism.

I also serve as a Senior Advisor at Civic News Company co-leading the Civic Information Needs Census, a Board Member at Type Media Center, and consult with select clients supporting executive teams and boards on strategic planning and program development.

Previously, I led business and editorial teams at Civic News Company, WNYC, Vox Media, The Atlantic, and FRONTLINE, developing and supporting work that's won Peabody, duPont-Columbia, Murrow, Emmy, and Online Journalism awards. I grew up in Northern California and graduated from Harvard College, where I studied American political history and social movements. Outside of work, I'm usually running with my two Australian Shepherds or cooking for friends and family.

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Andrew Golis is a publisher and media-maker who has spent more than 20 years building and leading journalism organizations.

As the CEO and Publisher of AED Media, he works with his wife, Jessica Valenti, to sustain and expand Abortion, Every Day, the country's most influential media platform on abortion rights and a widely-cited example of the future of independent, creator-led journalism.

AED's reporting and analysis is viewed more than 10 million times each month across platforms and has led to legislation being introduced (in Wisconsin), amended (in Texas), and vetoed (in Kentucky). Jessica speaks across the country advocating for and explaining abortion rights, and has appeared everywhere from the US Senate to the Daily Show.

Andrew leads all non-editorial aspects of the business, including publishing strategy, membership, fundraising, strategic partnerships, business operations, and support for the small but growing AED team.

As a Senior Advisor at Civic News Company, he partners to oversee a community research and coalition-building project called The Civic Information Needs Census (CINC). It helps news and other civic organizations understand and mobilize resources to solve the crisis in local journalism through structured audience research. Past and current CINC research partners include the American Journalism Project, Capital B, Chicago Public Media, Cityside, Deep South Today, and San Jose Spotlight.

As a Board Member of Type Media Center, he supports their work fueling independent voices in journalism at every stage of their career. He chairs the Board's Innovation Committee, which helps the Type team explore new partnerships and publishing models.

As a consultant for select clients when he has the capacity, Andrew works with executive teams and boards on strategic planning and editorial program development. Recent clients have included Harvard Business Review and the technology company Storyworth.

In his free time, Andrew runs with his two Australian Shepherds, cooks for Jessica and their daughter, and teaches himself random skills. This year's project is Adobe Illustrator.

Previously, Andrew had the honor of serving in business and editorial leadership roles working with and supporting some of the best teams in journalism.

As Chief Operating Officer at Civic News Company, he led the development and implementation of a new strategic framework and plan for the organization, established new practices around data sharing and financial transparency, crafted the organization's first AI policy and licensing experiments, implemented a company-wide product and brand redesign, and co-developed, piloted, and scaled the Civic Information Needs Census.

As Chief Content Officer at WNYC, he led a division of more than 150 journalists producing local and national work across a dozen-plus shows and digital properties, including Radiolab, The Brian Lehrer Show, On the Media, The New Yorker Radio Hour, and Gothamist. He greenlit and helped develop new programming including Dolly Parton's America (which won a Peabody), The Other Latif (which won a duPont), and Blindspot (which has won a Peabody and a duPont), negotiated talent contracts and partnerships (with The New Yorker, The Atlantic, PRX, History Channel), restructured the department to prioritize a healthier team culture and long-term sustainability, and supported the teams in reaching record local and national audiences on radio, podcasting, and the web.

As the GM of Vox and VP of Network Development at Vox Media, he led Vox's business strategy as part of its executive team and built the Network Development team overseeing growth strategy across Vox Media's portfolio of brands. He conceived of, sourced, and negotiated the Stitcher partnership that launched the award-winning podcast Today, Explained, developed the Netflix series Explained and YouTube Original Glad You Asked, and secured the funding partnerships that launched the Vox verticals The Goods and Future Perfect.

As the Founder and CEO of This., an experimental social media platform he developed as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at The Atlantic, Andrew conceived of and oversaw all aspects of the product and company. BuzzFeed named it one of its favorite tech things of 2015, and The New York Times covered the early "clamouring" for invites to the beta.

As Director of Digital Media and Senior Editor at FRONTLINE, he led the documentary series' expansion into social video and interactive storytelling. During his time overseeing digital journalism there, the team won an Overseas Press Club Award for Multimedia Storytelling, received an Emmy nomination for New Approaches to documentary, and won an Online Journalism Award for General Excellence.

He started his career as a junior editor turned Deputy Publisher in the early days of Talking Points Memo. All the way back in 2009, Time magazine called it "the prototype of what a successful Web-based news organization is likely to be in the future."

Andrew graduated from Harvard College, where he studied American political history and social movements, co-founded a student activist organization, and launched his first online publication.