FORA.tv Speaker - Andrew Golis

Andrew Golis is the Editor of a soon-to-be-launched network of news blog at Yahoo News.

Until recently, he was the Deputy Publisher of TalkingPointsMemo. As Deputy Publisher, he was a part of the management team guiding the company’s growth and worked on both editorial and business projects. In particular, he focused on audience engagement and expansion. He started at TPM in 2006 as an Associate Editor. Naming TPM one of the best blogs of 2009, Time Magazine called it "the prototype of what a successful Web-based news organization is likely to be in the future."

He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in American political history and social thought. While in college, he worked on national political campaigns, edited a student blog and wrote columns for the campus paper.