PERSON: Tiffany Cross

The Beat DC

Co-Founder and Managing Editor

Tiffany D. Cross is the Co-Founder, Managing Editor and Curator of The Beat D.C., a political platform highlighting the diversity that leads the nation’s capital. Having navigated the beltway for nearly two decades, Tiffany is the missing voice in the discourse on the politics of today.

Under Tiffany’s leadership, The Beat D.C. has quickly expanded its circulation, building a base of tens of thousands of daily readers that includes Members of Congress and Capitol Hill staffers, current and previous administration officials, government relations professionals as well as influencers across the country from activists, state and local elected officials to CEOs and c-suite executives. She also co-hosts The Beat D.C. podcast with political commentator Jamal Simmons.

Founded in 2016, the daily rundown, website and podcast represents the nexus of Tiffany’s unique ability to connect directly with audiences offering a thoughtful critique of policy and politics and unique insight on a myriad of issues through the lens of diversity and inclusion.

Before The Beat

Tiffany’s broad experience across media and policy includes a Senior Advisor at the National Education Association (NEA). Over the course of her tenure at the NEA, she helped harness the power of the organization’s nearly three million members, building partnerships across the public and private sector, traditional media, constituency groups and social justice organizations.

Previously, Tiffany served as the Manager of News and Public Affairs, and the Liaison to the Obama Administration, for BET Networks. Prior to that she served as Director of Communications at brilliant corners Research and Strategies, where she worked closely with the company’s president, Cornell Belcher. She cut her teeth in media at CNN where she worked as an Associate Producer covering Capitol Hill.

Before The District

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Tiffany left at a young age and moved to Atlanta, Georgia where she attended Clark Atlanta University majoring in Mass Communications with an emphasis on radio, TV, and film. Tiffany is a proud member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

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