I’m an award-winning editor, producer, journalist, and consultant who believes in the power of journalism to hold power accountable and create meaningful change. Throughout my career, I’ve built and led editorial teams, transformed legacy publications into modern multimedia leaders, and mentored journalists to produce work that resonates and drives real conversation.

As editor-in-chief of The Advocate, I led the magazine’s transformation from a biweekly news outlet into a fully integrated digital brand. That included launching a Washington, D.C., bureau that placed an Advocate reporter in the White House Briefing Room, expanding Advocate.com into new investigative and photojournalism verticals, and reimagining how The Advocate told stories across platforms. During my tenure, the magazine won three consecutive GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding Magazine, evidence of the power of legacy media when it evolves with purpose.

At Logo (Viacom), I transformed the NewNowNext blog into a full-scale digital publication by building a dynamic editorial team and leading the largest expansion of the brand’s social and video presence. I developed award-winning original projects in news and comedy that connected deeply with LGBTQ audiences and beyond. As executive editor at Out magazine I directed tentpole issues including Out100 and Power 50.

As a personal advocacy effort I launched the “Pardon 49k” initiative, a global petition calling for pardons for men convicted under the UK’s historic “gross indecency” laws. The movement gathered over 500,000 supporters, drew international media attention, and contributed to the passage of the Policing and Crime Act (2017), the Alan Turing Law, which pardoned nearly 49,000 men, most of them posthumously.

Today, I work with media organizations, film studios, artists, and nonprofits to craft transformative content strategies, produce original media, and champion authentic representation. Additionally, I produce the podcasts “The Cutting Up: A Kiki with Connie & Lina,” and “Heavenly Bodies: A Trip Through the Cosmos with David Odyssey.”