Lisa Graves

Lisa Graves
Nationality American
Education Juris Doctor
Alma mater Cornell Law School
Occupation Nonprofit executive, political activist
Known for Center for Media and Democracy
Movement Progressivism

Lisa Graves is an American progressive activist who currently serves as Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD).[1][2][3]

Career

Graves is a graduate of Cornell Law School.[4] She previously served as the Chief Counsel for Nominations on the United States Senate Judiciary Committee under Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice during the Clinton Administration.[5] Graves also worked as the Senior Legislative Strategist on national security issues for the American Civil Liberties Union,[6][7] and as an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School.[8]

Graves joined the progressive watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy in 2009 as executive director.[9][10] Graves has investigated and reported on the Koch Brothers, the American Legislative Exchange Council, the State Policy Network, and a host of so-called "dark money" groups and conservative nonprofit organizations.

Media Appearances

In 2012, Graves was interviewed about the Center for Media and Democracy project "ALEC Exposed" Bill Moyers documentary film, United States of ALEC.[11] She has appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, BBC, CNN, C-SPAN, Amy Goodman's Democracy Now, the Thom Hartmann Show, and on numerous other news programs including National Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcast System.[12] Her analysis has been quoted in the Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Associated Press, Reuters, USA Today, the New Yorker, Mother Jones, the Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Wired, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, National Journal, Legal Times, Newsday, The Nation, In TheseTimes, American Prospect, and The Progressive, among others, as well as online in Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, and other blogs.[13]

In 2016, Graves was featured in Ava Duvernay's Oscar-nominated documentary 13th.[14]

Awards

Graves is the recipient of an Izzy, the I.F. Stone Award from the Park Center for Independent Media;[15] a Sidney Award for investigative journalism;[16] and the Freedom Award, from the Association for Education in Journalism/CCSD, which has been awarded to Bill Moyers, Molly Ivins, and Izzy Stone;[17] and a bronze award from the Milwaukee Press Club for Best Investigative Stories or Series of 2011 for the Center for Media and Democracy piece "Group Called Citizens for a Strong America 'Operates out of a UPS Mail Drop but Runs Expensive Ads'".[18] In 2015, she was chosen to receive the Cornell Law School Exemplary Public Service Award.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Liberal Research Group May Settle Open Records Case". Wisconsin Public Radio. December 4, 2013. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ Overby, Peter (February 2, 2013). "Liberal Watchdog Group: 'Fix The Debt' Movement More Astroturf Than Grassroots". National Public Radio. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ Craver, Jack (December 7, 2013). "Progressive watchdog group gets two big anonymous donations". Capital Times. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ Interviewed Chris Martell (1 March 2012). "Know Your Madisonian: Lisa Graves helps raise awareness of public-opinion manipulation". madison.com.
  5. ↑ Savage, Charlie (2013-08-20). "Newest Spy Court Pick Is a Democrat but Not a Liberal". New York Times. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Interviewed Chris Martell (1 March 2012). "Know Your Madisonian: Lisa Graves helps raise awareness of public-opinion manipulation". madison.com.
  7. ↑ "Lisa Graves, Author at EXPOSEDbyCMD". EXPOSEDbyCMD. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  8. ↑ "Lisa Graves - TopWonks". www.topwonks.org. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  9. ↑ "Exposing ALEC: The Center for Media and Democracy goes after the right-wing powerhouse". Isthmus. May 10, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Exposing ALEC: How Conservative-Backed State Laws Are All Connected". The Atlantic. April 4, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  11. ↑ Moyers, Bill (September 28, 2012). "United States of ALEC". Moyers & Company. Public Affairs Television. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Lisa Graves, Author at EXPOSEDbyCMD". EXPOSEDbyCMD. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  13. ↑ "Lisa Graves". PR Watch. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  14. ↑ Abdullah, Melina; Alexander, Michelle; Booker, Cory; Canales, Dolores (2016-10-07), 13th, retrieved 2017-03-02
  15. ↑ Curran, Jack. "Izzy Award recipients honored | The Ithacan". theithacan.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  16. ↑ "CMD and The Nation Magazine Win the Sidney Award for Investigative Journalism". PR Watch. 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  17. ↑ Washington, 1440 G. Street NW; 20005, Dc (2013-08-13). "Sunlight Wins AEJMC Journalism Award". Sunlight Foundation. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  18. ↑ "2011 Excellence in Journalism Awardees | Milwaukee Press Club". www.milwaukeepressclub.org. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  19. ↑ Technologies, Instructional and Web Services, Cornell Information. "Cornell Law School Public Service Awards". www.lawschool.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
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