Ellen Weiss

Background

About Ellen Weiss

I am a newsroom leader, executive producer, investigations editor, story editor, mentor, trainer and an agent of transformation. In my 40 years in journalism, I’ve worked at the highest levels of non-profit and for-profit media companies leading and helping lead change in legacy newsrooms. I’ve created and developed award-winning broadcast shows and podcasts, built multifunctional teams, and overseen the production of numerous stories and series that have changed laws, improved lives and earned journalism’s most prestigious honors. And all of my work is informed by my passion for journalism and its role in our democracy. Specifically, I understand every facet of news (or editorial) production – story/series structure, reporting, field producing, editing, writing, sound design, fact-checking, partnerships - and the non-editorial parts like budgeting, marketing, sales and distribution. I have managed talent at all experience levels of audio and video storytelling and successfully worked on deadlines short and long. Beyond the journalism- I haul a lot of dirt and remove a lot of debris as a trail maintainer for the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club - I try to keep people from climbing onto Abraham Lincolns lap as a volunteer with the National Park Service stationed at the Lincoln Memorial- I’m a mentor with College Bound – working with DC public school students to enter college, earn a degree, and achieve their personal and professional goals- I run (on trails I maintain), hike, play tennis, take a lot of walks and travel as much as I can.