Lilly WORKNEH
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ABOUT Lilly
Lilly Workneh is an award-winning storyteller, speaker, and strategist who is passionate about creating meaningful and mission-driven media. She has over a decade of experience as a journalist amplifying underrepresented voices and stories. She is currently the Chief Content Officer at PushBlack where she oversees the content strategy and creation of compelling stories on Black history, news, and culture. Lilly was previously Editor in Chief of top Black news platforms Blavity and Shadow & Act, tripling site-wide traffic through her strategic storytelling expertise. Before that, she was the Senior Editor of HuffPost Black Voices, where she made a comparable impact.
Lilly, who is a 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, is also an author and the editor of the best-selling kid’s book 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic. She is an accomplished content consultant, helping change-making businesses and brands bloom through strategic storytelling.
Lilly has spoken to audiences all around the country about a myriad of topics. She is a proud Ethiopian-American who wholeheartedly believes mindfulness and powerful stories can shift perspectives, expand imagination, and deepen understanding, helping to build a better future for all of us.
STORYTELLER
As an award-winning journalist and leading editor, Lilly has helped to shape the stories from some of your favorite media outlets as well as the writers who create them. She has written captivating cover stories, in-depth features, hard-hitting op-eds and recently edited and authored a children’s book titled 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic.
Lilly is an advocate of inclusive and intentional storytelling. Her writing and editorial work is focused on amplifying underepresented voices, stories and topics with the goal of making media more diverse and reflective of the real world.
STRATEGIST
Lilly is a qualified leader and media content strategist who is committed to helping purpose-driven platforms, brands and businesses bloom through meaningful storytelling. She has nearly 10 years of experience growing and connecting to audiences through quality media and has helped to more than triple the web traffic and reach for every platform she has led.
From conceptualization to creation, Lilly loves to think outside of the box to develop creative ideas and discover content solutions to meet and exceed objectives.
SPEAKER
Lilly is an experienced and captivating moderator and speaker who has appeared in settings across the country. From interviewing Oprah about her wealth of wisdom at her Santa Barbara home to unpacking the role of race in today’s culture and politics with prominent activists and storytellers, Lilly brings passion, substance, and style to every stage and speaking engagement. She has publicly spoken beside and interviewed stars like Oprah, Spike Lee, Trevor Noah, Issa Rae, Jidenna, and others. Lilly loves to discuss topics like diversity in media, leadership and inclusion, women's empowerment, Black excellence and creativity, the power of storytelling, and more.
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic, edited by award-winning journalist Lilly Workneh with a foreword by #BlackGirlMagic originator CaShawn Thompson, is dedicated to amplifying and celebrating the stories of Black women and girls from around the world.
It features the work of over 60 Black female and non-binary illustrators; is designed to acknowledge, applaud and amplify the incredible stories of Black women and girls from the past and present; and celebrates Black Girl Magic around the world.
Amongst the women featured from over 30 countries are tennis player Naomi Osaka, astronaut Jeanette Epps, author Toni Morrison, filmmaker Ava DuVernay; aviator Bessie Coleman, Empress Taytu Betul, journalist Ida B. Wells, and many other inspiring leaders, champions, innovators and creators.
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