Elizabeth Spiers
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About
American publisher and journalist best known for being the editor of The New York Observer and founding her own blog called Gawker. She has written for publications like The New York Times, Salon, Fortune, and Fast Company. She also founded a political consulting firm called The Insurrection.
Before Fame
She studied public policy at Duke University. She moved to New York City and initially worked in finance before creating her blog.
Trivia
She taught a course on media and innovation at the New York University graduate school for journalism. She also does digital polling for democrat politicians.
Family Life
She was adopted as an infant. She later discovered she had three other siblings through DNA testing. She grew up with her adoptive parents in Alabama.
Associated With
Amy Coney Barrett and Meghan McCain became involved in a conversation around a piece she wrote for the New York Times, where she argued adoption can be as traumatic as abortion.
