Elizabeth "Liz" Spayd is an American media journalist. She was a managing editor at ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

'', the editor of the ''

Columbia Journalism Review The ''Columbia Journalism Review'' (''CJR'') is a biannual magazine for professional journalists that has been published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. Its contents include news and media industry trends, ana ...

'', the sixth

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of ''

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'', and a transparency consultant for

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. During her tenure at ''The New York Times'', she took a number of controversial stances, and the paper eliminated her role in 2017.

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