Abby

Abby Rapoport serves as the executive director of Media Impact Funders. Her work has focused on the relationship between communities, media and storytelling. In 2018, she cofounded Stranger’s Guide, a publication that explores how politics, power and culture shape daily life across the globe. It has won numerous recognitions including four National Magazine Awards. She has served on the board of many non-profits and philanthropies including the Texas Democracy Foundation, the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and TYPE Media. Abby began her career as a political reporter at the Texas Tribune, and subsequently worked as a staff writer on politics and policy for the Texas Observer and The American Prospect before serving as Acting Publisher for the Texas Observer. Her writing has also appeared in Glamour, The National Journal and The New Republic among other places.