Lucas Grindley is executive director for Next City, a nonprofit newsroom producing solutions journalism that moves our society toward justice and liberation. Next City’s readers are the cross-sector city-builders who must collaborate to make advances on climate action, racial equity, and more. Grindley is the former President of Pride Media and oversaw the leading LGBTQ brands Out magazine, PRIDE, Out Traveler, Plus magazine, and The Advocate, where he was editor-in-chief. Grindley is an award-winning journalist. In both 2016 and 2018, NLGJA named Grindley as “LGBTQ Journalist of the Year." Grindley led coverage at The Advocate through two Supreme Court decisions on marriage equality and the Pulse tragedy in Orlando. Previously in Washington, D.C., Grindley was managing editor for online at National Journal magazine, covering politics and policymaking during the 2008 election and President Obama's first term. Today he continues to amplify quality journalism as host of the Next City podcast.