Preparing Journalism For The Future.

She has an expertise in narrative storytelling, communications, and local news audience-building. She is a frequent contributor on MSNBC and often conducts journalism workshops and seminars.

Spencer’s 25 years of award-winning journalism inform her understanding of what stories matter and which ones motivate audiences. She has a particular interest in activating young people through the issues they care most about and a keen understanding of how good journalism promotes democracy.

Spencer spent five years reporting on her critically acclaimed book Raising Them Right (Ecco/Harper Collins 2022) which explores how radical extremists message anti-democratic ideals via social media, online celebrity culture, and false facts.

Spencer has written for New York Magazine, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The International Herald Tribune, The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina and many other publications.