Lisa Pierpont

Affiliated Faculty - On Leave
Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)
Lisa Pierpont
Email Email lisa_pierpont@emerson.edu

Lisa Pierpont is the founder and editor-in-chief of Boldfacers.com, a multi-media digital publication spotlighting the area's coolest talent and personalities, and a full-service production house. Most recently, she was the editor-in-chief/group editor of Boston Common Magazine, Interiors and Weddings Boston. Previously, Lisa was a three-time Emmy Award-winning producer for the Chronicle show, a nightly newsmagazine on WCVB-TV, the ABC affiliate in Boston. Over her 15 year tenure, she produced half-hour shows on art theft and autism, the death penalty, last chance schools for troubled teens, and the inside workings of the Atlantic Monthly; boarded a freak-out supersonic flight on the Concorde, and survived a tricky landing on a tiny airstrip in St. Barth; profiled a Harvard professor hunting extraterrestrials, an author in search of his homeless father, and a child of Chernobyl seeking a new start in America. For the show, she traveled to all over the United States as well as Venice, London, Paris, and the Caribbean. A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Lisa also contributes to various publications, including the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine and the New York Times as well as freelance producing for Harvard Business School, MIT and Fortune 500 companies.

About

  • Department Journalism
  • Since 2021
  • Office Hours
    • Available for appointment

Education

M.A., Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Areas of Expertise

  • Journalism