Eli Flournoy

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Coordinator, Press Forward Central Appalachia Chapter @ Appalachia Funders Network
Atlanta, GA, US
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Atlanta Metropolitan Area, United States
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Eli Flournoy is a Coordinator, Press Forward Central Appalachia Chapter at Appalachia Funders Network. He possess expertise in broadcast journalism, breaking news, broadcast, television, broadcast television and 20 more skills.

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Coordinator, Press Forward Central Appalachia Chapter
Atlanta, GA, US
Eli Flournoy Work Experience Details
  • Appalachia Funders Network
    Coordinator, Press Forward Central Appalachia Chapter
    Appalachia Funders Network
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
  • Media Growth Partners
    Managing Director - Impact Finance, Newsgathering & Communications
    Media Growth Partners Jan 2023 - Present
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    At Media Growth Partners, we dedicate our expertise and decades of experience in journalism, news operations, media tech, startups, finance and partnerships to making the business of local news not just sustainable, but a growth industry. By combining hands-on audience and revenue growth services with our innovative approach to impact measurement, MGP distinguishes itself by taking news organizations through "last mile" strategic advisory services: access to financing, technology resources, recurring shared services, data benchmarking and analytics, and impact measurement for marketing and reporting of Social Return on Investment (SROI) alongside ROI to stakeholders. We support hundreds of industry businesses individually and in collaborative cohorts through funded programs with partners like Mather Economics, International Center For Journalists (ICFJ), City University of New York, Ohio University, CNN, Bastion Transform, and the Minderoo Foundation.MGP works with small news organizations to accelerate the growth of their audience, revenue and overall social and economic impact strategies. We connect news organizations, in groups and individually, to the media tech and funder programs they need to grow. We facilitate partnerships between funders of journalism and providers of quantitative data services and qualitative research to help them assess, project and report the social and economic impact of their support over time.
  • Voinovich School Of Leadership And Public Affairs At Ohio University
    Executive In Residence
    Voinovich School Of Leadership And Public Affairs At Ohio University 2019 - Present
    Athens, Ohio, United States
    Enterprise and social investment consultant to the Social Enterprise Ecosystem program at Ohio University's Voinovich School. Provide executive coaching and advisory services to social impact startup and business clients with the objective of enabling metrics-based revenue growth and investment pitches to equity investors, public funders, and commercial lenders. Business advisor to the student and professional research team performing Social Return on Investment analyses for social enterprise clients.
  • Sugarbush Valley Impact Investments - A Social Impact Development Company
    Executive Director
    Sugarbush Valley Impact Investments - A Social Impact Development Company 2015 - Present
    Mission: SBV Impact Investments supports social impact businesses in the areas of renewable energy, zero waste, agriculture and rural broadband by providing land, capital, networking and educational resources.Vision: SBV Impact Investments envisions a collaborative and innovative community of businesses, investors and research and training organizations. The impact of Sugarbush Valley LLC will be realized in the creation of local jobs, environmentally and socially responsible businesses, and sustainable economic development.Values:- Social entrepreneurship: localized solutions aimed at creating social impact alongside profit. - Triple-bottom-line returns: people, planet, profit- The innovation that comes from the intersection of seemingly unrelated ideas.- Learning through risk-taking and failure.- Being a connector for business development which builds relationships through mutually beneficial practices and partnerships. - Sustainable economic development in a supportive community that thrives together.- Environmental stewardship.- Servant Leadership
  • Athens Ohio Investment Alliance
    Founding Investor Member
    Athens Ohio Investment Alliance Jan 2023 - Present
    Athens County, Ohio, United States
    A private investment fund formed to positively impact Athens, Ohio, and the adjacent and nearby counties in the Appalachian Ohio River Valley. The mission of AOIA is to support the development of sustainable, profitable businesses capable of providing a return to member investors, to serve as a catalyst to connect resources across the region to build successful businesses, and to enhance wealth creation of the people employed by the companies that receive investment from AOIA.
  • Media Consultant
    International Media Consultant
    Media Consultant Dec 2014 - Dec 2022
    Greater Atlanta Area
    Newsgathering consultant for CNN Portugal. Contract anti-misinformation trainer/moderator for Storyful and the Facebook Journalism Project. Indonesia Project Lead 2015-2016 for Ohio University research and professional development training initiatives bringing together the academic and private media sectors to support the development of free press and free speech in Indonesia. Consult for media organizations and impact business start-ups, NGO's and academic institutions worldwide in sustainable journalism business models, communication ethics and the launch of news platforms, multi-platform journalism training programs, and change management within news and communications operations. Specialist in generating revenue growth and increasing brand value through journalism and communications ethics and standards. Guest lecturer, seminar-leader and moderator at undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs worldwide on a range of topics including: circular innovation models (corporate, non-profit and ecosystem), broadcast journalism, news standards and practices (ethics), digital newsgathering technology and social media, multi-platform media management, the servant leadership model, leadership development, diversity management, and social/local impact investing.
  • Cnn
    Senior Director, International Newsource
    Cnn 2008 - 2014
    Greater Atlanta Area
    Executive responsible for CNN's international affiliate department. Directed a 24/7 team of 18 full-time and 20+ part-time journalists in Atlanta and Hong Kong to provide video and information, consulting, training, and technical and editorial support services to more than 240 international affiliate partners, while simultaneously gathering breaking news coverage from them. Led affiliate partnership and revenue strategy in coordination with CNN International and Turner International legal and sales teams worldwide. Department included bespoke service for Spanish-language affiliates inside and outside the United States.Developed and led CNN's affiliate consulting business strategy; carried out editorial due diligence investigations for prospective high-revenue, high-profile affiliate partnerships and was the lead CNN consultant/trainer on affiliate channel launches. Managed $7 million operations budget and a $30 million international affiliate revenue business. Developed and led CNN's international affiliate newsgathering strategy. Provided journalist safety consulting and logistic advice to affiliate news managers on dangerous breaking news assignments. Accomplishments: * Built the news video content and service industry's number one customer service team, International Newsource, growing the unit from a staff of five to 19.* Created and ran a world-class consulting service that enabled sales teams to increase revenue by more than 25%.* Increased the number of contract affiliates by more than 30%.* developed training plans for and successfully launched News7 Bulgaria in 2013* developed and oversaw on-site training, operational and programming plan for multi-platform launch of CNN Indonesia and CNNIndonesia.com. Co-authored CNN Indonesia Standards & Practices Policy Guide.* Led on-site training workshops in more than 40 affiliate newsrooms and bureaus worldwide.
  • Cnn
    Supervising Editor, International Assignment Desk
    Cnn 2000 - 2008
    Greater Atlanta Area
    Senior manager within CNN's centralized international breaking news gathering operation. Managed assignment editors in Atlanta and field crews around the world. Field producer and so-called "Circus Master", or on site executive producer, on large international story coverages. Trained new assignment editors, interns and CNN employees cross-training from other departments on CNN's international newsgathering standards and practices. * Played a central role in directing the overnight Eastern Time breaking news coverage of every major international story between 2000-2008, including the 2003 Iraq War and South Asia earthquake and tsunami of 2004. * Hired, trained and managed assignment editors representing more than 13 nationalities, working in over 18 languages.* Circus Master in Pakistan for the 2005 Kashmir earthquake coverage.* Managed Jerusalem Bureau Chief responsibilities for one month during the 2002 Second Intifadah, field-produced in Gaza and the West Bank.
  • Cnn
    Assignment Editor, International Assignment Desk
    Cnn 1996 - 2000
    Greater Atlanta Area
    Region and story-specific "beat" assignment editing on the International Desk within CNN's 24/7 centralized newsgathering operation. Managed editorial, logistic and expense decision-making for assigned beat on the overnight Eastern Time shift. Field produced in South Africa, UK, Indonesia and Malaysia. Wrote, produced and voiced more than 100 in-house reporter pieces * Circus master and field producer for CNN's Asian Television Award-winning coverage of the 1998 resignation of Indonesian dictator Suharto and presidential elections in 1999. * Coordinated breaking news coverage of every major international story during the time period.
  • Cnn
    Producer, International Newsource
    Cnn 1993 - 1996
    Greater Atlanta Area
    Founding member of the International Newsource affiliate service team, part of CNN’s international newsgathering operation and content sales business. Wrote news scripts and produced feeds of video news items for distribution to CNN's international affiliates. Gathered video and live news coverage from affiliates for use on CNN platforms and facilitated in-field newsgathering collaboration between CNN and affiliate news crews. Managed editorial news relationships with more than 150 affiliate broadcasters outside the United States. * Carried out on-site training for affiliates in South Africa and Angola.* Produced for dozens of affiliate journalist teams reporting from Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games
  • Cnn
    Writer/Producer, Headline News
    Cnn 1991 - 1993
    Greater Atlanta Area
    Wrote anchor copy scripts. Produced half hour newscasts. Copy-edited news scripts. * Wrote an average of 30+ news stories per 8-hour shift.* One of the only journalists in history to write and produce a five minute newscast for the short-lived CNN Checkout Channel (a pilot program for grocery stores developed within Headline News).
  • Cnn
    Researcher/Intern, Cnn World Report
    Cnn 1990 - 1991
    Researched and assisted in production of CNN World Report - a global news exchange program created by Ted Turner.

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