Lara is an award-winning writer and editor. They received their B.A. in Journalism from Temple University, began their journalism career at local outlets, and freelanced for national publications before joining Wear Your Voice in 2016. Under their leadership, the emerging digital magazine grew its readership to over a million readers yearly. Lara has a deep passion for feminist, race, and queer theory and brings that knowledge to Prism\u2019s reporting. Lara leads the day-to-day operations of Prism\u2019s newsroom and works to ensure that our coverage provides readers with crucial context to the ever-changing news cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11823,"template":"","meta":{"start_time":0,"end_time":0,"moderators":[],"hashtag":[],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":[],"video_embed":[],"first_name":"Lara","last_name":"Witt","title":"Editorial Director","organization":"Prism Reports","website":"http:\/\/prismreports.org","twitter":"","_sponsor_url":"","_sponsor_tagline":"","_sponsor_level":""},"event":[98],"class_list":["post-11538","ona_speaker","type-ona_speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-ona23"],"yoast_head":"\n