Lulu Friesdat

Lulu Friesdat is an Emmy award-winning journalist and filmmaker whose election security investigations have received millions of views on Now This and been featured on Politico, MSN.com, the Young Turks, The Hollywood Reporter, The Christian Science Monitor, Salon, Truthout and AlterNet. They’ve also resulted in a top Florida election official’s conduct being declared illegal, and voting machines in Wisconsin being decertified. She has worked in broadcast television for over 10 years, including assignments with NBC, CBS and ABC News/Nightline. Her first documentary Holler Back – [not] Voting in an American Town was featured in The Hollywood Reporter as part of a group of “thoughtful and provocative” films being made by women. It received a Best Documentary award, was screened at colleges around the country, including Harvard, and aired on public television. Follow her on Twitter: @LuluFriesdat.