{{short description|American media journalist }} {{use American English|date=October 2023}} {{use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Elizabeth Spayd | alt = | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Media journalist | employer = {{unbulleted list|''The Washington Post''|''Columbia Journalism Review''|''The New York Times''|Facebook}} | alma_mater = Colorado State University<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Stuart |title=New public editor of The New York Times a CSU alumna |url=https://collegian.com/2017/01/new-public-editor-of-the-new-york-times-a-csu-alumna/ |access-date=26 August 2021 |work=The Rocky Mountain Collegian |date=January 25, 2017 |archive-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826235237/https://collegian.com/2017/01/new-public-editor-of-the-new-york-times-a-csu-alumna/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | spouse = | children = }}
'''Elizabeth Spayd''' is an American media journalist. She was the first woman to be named managing editor at ''The Washington Post'',<ref name="Atlantic 2017" /> the editor and publisher of the ''Columbia Journalism Review'', the sixth public editor of ''The New York Times'',<ref name="NYT 2016">{{cite news |last1=Ember |first1=Sydney |title=New York Times Names Elizabeth Spayd Its 6th Public Editor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/business/media/new-york-times-names-elizabeth-spayd-its-6th-public-editor.html |access-date=August 26, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=18 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Politico 2016">{{cite news |last1=Weprin |first1=Alex |title=Elizabeth Spayd named New York Times public editor |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/05/elizabeth-spayd-named-new-york-times-public-editor-223314 |access-date=26 August 2021 |work=Politico |date=May 18, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> and a transparency consultant for Facebook.<ref name="Recode 2017">{{cite news |last1=Swisher |first1=Kara |author1-link=Kara Swisher |title=Facebook has hired former NYT public editor Liz Spayd as a consultant in a 'transparency' effort |url=https://www.vox.com/2017/8/25/16202992/facebook-taps-former-nyt-public-editor-transparency-effort |access-date=26 August 2021 |work=Recode |date=25 August 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Outline 2017">{{cite news |last1=Turton |first1=William |title=Facebook hired the worst person in media to work on 'transparency' |url=https://theoutline.com/post/2183/facebook-hired-the-worst-person-in-media-to-work-on-transparency |access-date=26 August 2021 |work=The Outline |date=August 25, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> During her tenure at ''The New York Times'', she took a number of controversial stances,<ref name="Atlantic 2017">{{cite news |last1=LaFrance |first1=Adrienne |author1-link=Adrienne LaFrance |title=Q&A With Liz Spayd, the Controversial Public Editor of The New York Times |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/a-conversation-with-liz-spayd-public-editor-of-the-new-york-times/526737/ |access-date=26 August 2021 |work=The Atlantic |date=16 May 2017 |language=en}}</ref> and the paper eliminated her role in 2017.<ref name="CJR 2017">{{cite news |last1=Vernon |first1=Pete |title=New York Times public editor Liz Spayd on decision to eliminate her position |url=https://www.cjr.org/analysis/liz-spayd-public-editor-new-york-times.php |access-date=26 August 2021 |work=Columbia Journalism Review |date=May 31, 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="HuffPost 2017">{{cite news |last1=Calderone |first1=Michael |title=The New York Times Is Eliminating The Public Editor Role |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-york-times-public-editor_n_592ec472e4b0e95ac1956706?4r9= |access-date=26 August 2021 |work=HuffPost |date=31 May 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Nieman 2017">{{cite news |last1=Owen |first1=Laura Hazard |title=The New York Times is eliminating the position of public editor; here's the Sulzberger memo |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/05/the-new-york-times-is-eliminating-the-position-of-public-editor-heres-the-sulzberger-memo/ |access-date=27 August 2021 |work=Nieman Lab |date=May 31, 2017}}</ref>
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