Kerry Eleveld has worked as a journalist in different media for 15 years. She cut her teeth editing business journals in South Carolina, where at the age of 26 she became editor-in-chief of a startup business journal and was later voted Business Woman of the Year for her work in launching the journal. She is currently political editor of The Advocate, editing and reporting political pieces for both the print and online editions. Since she began covering LGBT issues, Eleveld's work has won: the "Best News Article" award in 2006 from the American Veterans for Equal Rights; second place for "Coverage of Election/Politics" in the New York Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest; and first place in the "Excellence in News Writing" category in 2007 from the National Gay and Lesbian Journalist Association. During this election cycle, she reported from Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania, and conducted two one-on-one interviews with Sen. Barack Obama.

Eleveld regularly gives interviews about politics to mainstream outlets such as The Associated Press and the British Broadcasting Company and often appears as a commentator on shows like Logo's news network, the Michelangelo Signorile Show and GRITtv with Laura Flanders.

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