Elizabeth Plank
Introduction
Elizabeth Plank (born March 19, 1987) is a Canadian video blogger and online journalist. She is a senior producer and political correspondent at Vox.
Early life
Plank attended undergrad at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, studying Women's Studies and International Development. She competed on the school's varsity synchronized swimming team, co-founded Women's Week at McGill and participated in a campus production of The Vagina Monologues.
She later got her Master's degree at the London School of Economics, and began writing articles for the Huffington Post. While attending classes, she launched a Change.org petition that collected more than 55,000 signatures, and succeeded in reversing a significant decision by the Amateur International Boxing Association to prevent female boxers from having to wear skirts while competing at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Career
Plank began her media career as a intern at the New York City-based Mic, then at the time named PolicyMic in 2013. She quickly drew an audience for her reporting on many feminist issues and after three months, she was promoted to the head of the site's viral content team. She served as a correspondent and co-creator of the weekly video series Flip the Script, which covered social and political issues. Plank also served as a correspondent for the MSNBC live web show Krystal Clear.
In 2015, she was named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Media category.