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 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’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 social change happens in real-time. 

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. 

Spencer is the founding editor of Reporting Right, a weekly guide for journalists who cover the truth.