Award-winning Journalist
Liz is a filmmaker, award-winning journalist, author, and was the executive producer and host of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media and NBC News. She was the co-host of Synced with Monica Padman on Dax Sheppard’s Armchair Umbrella, and the co-host of the Man Enough podcast alongside Justin Baldoni and Jamey Heath where they interviewed influential figures about their journey to manhood. She is also directing her first film, Not So Special, on the future of disability rights. Her most recent critically acclaimed international bestselling book “For The Love of Men: a Vision for Mindful Masculinity” was featured in Vogue, Esquire, Playboy, ELLE Magazine, GQ, NPR, The Washington Post, on Morning Joe, and on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert. Her solution-based journalism newsletter Airplane Mode has thousands of subscribers. Liz has one million followers across all social media platforms, but her proudest accomplishment by far remains being blocked by the 45th president of the United States. Liz sits on the board of Girl Up, a United Nations Foundation initiative to help girls access their inner power. She’s the CEO of Liz Plank Productions and is a columnist for MSNBC and has been listed as one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30, Mediaite’s Most Influential in News Media, and Marie Claire’s Most Powerful Women, and was named one of the World’s Most Influential People in Gender Policy by Apolitical. Liz regularly appears on national and international television programs to provide a perspective on politics, gender issues, and reproductive rights, including The Today Show, The Daily Show, MSNBC, CNN, ABC News, Fusion, Al-Jazeera America and BBC World. Through her activism and creative approach to journalism, Liz has made it her mission to elevate the voices of those who are often not heard. Before becoming a journalist, Liz worked at a community center for people with disabilities and a researcher and behavioral science consultant at the London School of Economics, from which she holds a master's degree in policy with an emphasis in global gender politics.
