
Jane Lerner is a writer, editor and political organizer who lives in Brooklyn, New York.
She is a talented communicator with keen interests in politics, music, food, travel, art and culture; she has extensive experience in both print and digital publishing.
In the 2020 and 2022 elections, she worked with Movement Voter Project as a donor organizer and advisor. She was a fundraiser for the Battleground New York campaign in 2024, and organized donors alongside the Working Families Party for the 2025 mayor's race.
Before moving into politics, she was the managing editor at Victory Journal, the acclaimed magazine of sport and culture, and for two years was the blog editor at Rockefeller Center, covering retail, cultural and real estate concerns. Jane was part of the Red Bull Music Academy in New York City, a month-long music festival, as the copy chief and writer for its 22-issue newspaper, the Daily Note. Additonally, Jane has created content for major companies, initiatives, agencies and events such as YouTube, BMW Guggenheim Lab, NYC & Company and the Coachella and Panorama music festivals. As a journalist she has been published by NPR, NY Post, Time Out, New York, amNY and dozens more.
She has 20+ years of experience as a copy editor and researcher, working for publications such as Rolling Stone, House & Garden, Us Weekly, Paper, Budget Travel, High Times, V, Interview, Men's Journal, Martha Stewart Weddings, Playboy and W, among many others.
Jane was the organizer of BK Swappers, the renowned food swap, now on hiatus. Throughout 2011, while running the blog for the Brooklyn Flea, she helped launch the Smorgasburg food market. She has the honor to act as a judge for the James Beard Journalism Awards.
Jane is available as a donor organizer for aligned campaigns, or as a writer/editor for hire on a wide variety of topics.
Alongside her political and philanthropic work, she is working on a book about her family's contemporary art collection (some of which is pictured here).
Mel Ramos, Kiss Me, 1964

