The originator of BlogHer, journalist and blogger Lisa Stone, leads product development and works across the organization as CEO to advocate for bloggers and partners. Before BlogHer.com and BlogHerAds.com, Lisa helped launch three sponsored blogging networks: American Lawyer Media| Law.com’s legal blog network (2004), Knight Ridder Digital’s Thatsracin.com (2005), and Glam Media (2005). Lisa is the first internet journalist to get a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard. Her personal blog, Surfette, began as an extension of her 2004 convention blog for the Los Angeles Times. Lisa also blogs on BlogHer, often on politics and media.