Elliott Robinson on Muck Rack

Elliott Robinson

Verified
  • News Director, VPM
Virginia
As seen in: VPM, Medium, MSN, TechCrunch, Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Daily Progress, VPM Daily Newscast, SaaStr, Bessemer Venture Partners, WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA), Charlottesville Tomorrow and
Only here because I still sorta need to be. Same handle on that other site.
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile
Back to Elliott Robinson’s profile

Articles by Elliott Robinson

Charlottesville City Schools to acquire Federal Executive Institute property

|
By Hannah Davis-Reid , Elliott Robinson 
| VPM
Charlottesville City Schools announced Wednesday that the US Department of Education has approved its application to acquire the former Federal Executive Institute property. The property transfer comes at no cost to the division through the Department of Education’s Federal Real Property Assistance Program because it would be used for educational purposes.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Mass Deportations and the Biblical Mandate Regarding Immigrants

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Medium
Rev. Dr. Elliott Robinson, JD · Follow 3 min read · -- The Bible provides clear guidance regarding how to treat immigrants. So, I am amazed at the traction mass deportations have in the Christian church. Since the Trump Administration began making campaign promises regarding mass deportations, there has been a growing chorus of religious leaders who have slowly warmed to the idea.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

President Trump, Bishop Budde and a Dangerous Preaching

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Medium
Rev. Dr. Elliott Robinson, JD · Follow 2 min read · -- “Dangerous preaching risks challenging those in power…” Rev. Dr. William Barber wrote in the forward of “How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon.” During the Inaugural Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral, the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde engaged in dangerous preaching. Her homily (sermon) has unleashed a firestorm of vitriol, criticism and critique. There have been calls for everything from an apology to deportation.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

founder’s favorites | SaaStr

|
By Elliott Robinson , Henry Schuck, Jason Lemkin, Amelia Ibarra
| SaaStr
10 Cheat Codes I Learned While Scaling to $400M with Yext and Roam Founder Howard Lerman by | Aug 28, 2024 | Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Early, Growth, Leadership, Scale | Yext and Roam founder, Howard Lerman, shares the 10 tactical, unconventional cheat codes that helped scale Yext to $400M.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Sermon Writing and ChatGPT: Don’t Give Your Intellectual Property Away

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| The Tennessee Tribune
It’s Friday evening, and you’re working on your sermon draft. You like your theological claim, you have your three points, and you have some ideas for your close. However, you need some help filling in the blanks and then tying it all together. Perhaps better turns of phrase, smoother transitions, and more impactful illustrations will help to bring more life to your sermon.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Huguenot shooting report: Some RPS protocols ignored

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| VPM
Richmond Public Schools made public a report it commissioned examining a shooting at Huguenot High School’s 2023 graduation at about 1 p.m. Wednesday. RPS initially declined Freedom of Information Act requests from multiple media outlets seeking the report’s release. The Richmond Times-Dispatch and WTVR sued the division for access to the documents. And this week, a judge issued an opinion saying it would need to be shared with the public.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

7 SaaS resiliency lessons for doing business in a volatile market

|
By Elliott Robinson , Janelle Teng
| TechCrunch
Over the past year, we've witnessed one of the most tumultuous times in the history of software. Fearless founders and teams have battled seemingly never-ending and unprecedented obstacles - from macroeconomic uncertainty, to banking collapses, to geopolitical instability, to recession fears. For startup leaders and operators right now, it may seem that the blows keep coming.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (7) Issue with article?

Render ushers in a modern age of application development in the cloud

|
By Elliott Robinson , Janelle Teng, Grace Ma
| Bessemer Venture Partners
Over the last decade, the modern data stack and developer platform ecosystem have undergone a major transformation. There have been broad industry shifts such as the unbundling of monolithic workloads into microservices. Cutting-edge, specialized tools have emerged in countless categories such as authentication, database, compute, and storage, among others. Developers now also have flexible architecture options such as containers, Kubernetes, static sites, and a host of modern networking protocols.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Unleashing the full potential of unstructured visual content with Coactive AI

|
By Elliott Robinson , Janelle Teng, Sakib Dadi
| Bessemer Venture Partners
From social media videos to pictures taken on our mobile devices, visual content dominates our daily lives and is proliferating at an unprecedented pace. Despite its ubiquity, visual content remains one of the most challenging forms of information to analyze.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Virginia journalist reflects on his work during deadly Charlottesville protests

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA)
This Friday marks five years since the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. For those watching from afar, several images emerged that now define the day. One is a photo of protestors being hit by a car taken by journalist Ryan Kelly. [Editor's note: This link will take viewers to a photo depicting deadly violence. Please view with discretion.] Kelly took that photo on his last day as a staffer at The Daily Progress newspaper in Charlottesville.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

The Centaur Report

|
By Mary D’Onofrio, Sameer Dholakia, Elliott Robinson , Janelle Teng
| Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer explores where the private cloud economy is headed, and uncovers the successful strategies that drove top private cloud companies, such as ServiceTitan, Calendly, and LaunchDarkly, to $100 million ARR. The recent market pullback has been enough to give any founder or investor some level of pause. But any student of software innovation ought to note that cloud businesses today are still displaying strong fundamentals, despite public valuation multiples having contracted.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Introducing enterprise sales to a product-led growth organization

|
By Janelle Teng, Elliott Robinson 
| Bessemer Venture Partners
The power of product-led growth (PLG) is no longer a secret. Time and time again, top CEOs have attributed their scale and success to a bottoms-up strategy. A common benchmark of success in cloud software is a combined growth rate and free cash flow margin of more than 40%. PLG companies routinely outperform the “Rule of 40” since they can achieve rapid growth with .
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Databook: the new system of intelligence for enterprise GTM teams

|
By Elliott Robinson , Janelle Teng, Andrew Schmitt
| Bessemer Venture Partners
Sales representatives are often at the frontlines and commonly the first interaction customers have with a company. Yet, most of them are not equipped with the data and tools they need to actually connect with prospects, identify their needs, and make a deal happen. In fact, sales productivity at the largest, publicly-traded enterprise software companies is severely lacking—only 57% of Account Executives make quota and only a third of a sales rep’s time is actually spent selling.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Why Netlify is the architecture for the next generation of web development

|
By Mary D’Onofrio, Elliott Robinson , Janelle Teng
| Bessemer Venture Partners
When Matt Biilmann and Chris Bach, co-founders of Netlify, first pitched Jamstack as the new front-end approach at SmashingConf in 2016, it was a novel paradigm compared to the traditional industry standards for web development. The Jamstack was radically different from the traditional LAMP and MEAN stack approaches, fundamentally decoupling the front-end layer of the web from the back-end business logic layer.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

How to Build a Cloud Unicorn

|
By Byron Deeter, Mary D'Onofrio, Elliott Robinson 
| Bessemer Venture Partners
With record-breaking company valuations on the rise, Bessemer shares market insights and early-stage lessons to help founders build thriving businesses. In 2008, LinkedIn grew into the industry’s very first cloud unicorn, and after a little more than a decade, we’ve seen the unicorn birthrate accelerate beyond our wildest dreams.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Apology and retraction

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
Aug. 12 is a volatile, traumatizing day in Charlottesville. This year, there were no official local-based commemorations for the life that was lost and the people who were injured on that day in 2017. But a demonstration was held that afternoon related to that Thursday’s Albemarle County School Board meeting. It was attended on the ground and in vehicles by several local groups; other organizations, including Black Lives Matter 757, attended the event in the name of solidarity.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Analytics market leader Imply raises $70 million Series C

|
By Elliott Robinson , Mary D’Onofrio, Janelle Teng, Sanjay Patil
| Bessemer Venture Partners
Data is codified everywhere—from the workplace to our homes, and it's being generated at an unprecedented pace, making real-time analytics a business imperative. As digitization has accelerated substantially over the past decade, so too has the complexity of core big data attributes.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Power to the product: How five cloud CEOs leverage product as an edge to drive exponential growth and customer love

|
By Elliott Robinson , Janelle Teng
| Bessemer Venture Partners
“Product as a competitive advantage” is in our 10 Laws of Cloud. An outstanding proprietary product is critical in winning (and keeping) customers. In fact, the cumulative market capitalization for product-led growth oriented companies has more than 100x in the last six years. At Bessemer, we’re fortunate to partner with over 200 cloud companies and have been given the opportunity to synthesize best practices and thought leadership from these world-class founders.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

State of the Cloud 2021

|
By Byron Deeter, Elliott Robinson , Mary D’Onofrio, Hansae Catlett
| Bessemer Venture Partners
Exactly one year ago in early March 2020, we were days away from COVID-19 lockdown where our communities, companies, and healthcare system shifted into emergency response. We didn’t know it then, but this was the beginning of a fundamental and abrupt change to the way we live and work—powered by the cloud-first economy. As the world adjusted to this major disruption in human behavior, we found new ways to adjust to the New Normal — offline and online.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

SaaStr Build by SaaStr

|
By Byron Deeter, Mary D'Onofrio, Elliott Robinson 
| saastrbuild.com
We use cookies This website (and some of its third-party tools) use cookies. These are important as they allow us to deliver an exceptional experience whilst browsing the site. Learn more about our cookie policy. By closing this banner, scrolling, clicking a link or continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies. Accept
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Soundboard: A shot in the arm

|
By Elliott Robinson , Jessie Higgins 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
University of Virginia Medical Center employees have begun to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. In our last episode of 2020, we look back on some of the big stories of year: the pandemic, the election, the racial justice protests this summer. Plus, we’ll talk a little bit about a recent incident in which the Charlottesville Police Department was accused of racial profiling.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

henry schuck | SaaStr

|
By Elliott Robinson , Henry Schuck, Jason Lemkin, Amelia Ibarra
| SaaStr
ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck: “10 Mistakes the CEO of ZoomInfo Made on His Journey to IPO (Part 2)” (Vid and Podcast) by | Sep 18, 2020 | Company Culture, Early, Hiring, Leadership, Podcasts, Sales | Ep. 376: In part two, ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck shares how he built a business from scratch and grew it into one of the most successful IPOs of the 21st century—and what it was really like…the good, the bad, and most of all, the ugly. He reflects on...
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

bessemer venture partners | SaaStr

|
By Elliott Robinson , Henry Schuck, Jason Lemkin, Amelia Ibarra
| SaaStr
SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Byron Deeter, Elliott Robinson, Henry Schuck, and Jason Lemkin by | Sep 13, 2020 | Fundraising, Marketing, Metrics, Podcasts, Sales | Ep. 373: Bessemer’s 5th Annual State of the Cloud Report returns for a definitive look at the cloud industry today. Byron Deeter and Elliott Robinson, partners at Bessemer Venture Partners, offer macro trends in the public and private cloud markets, strategic...
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

elliott robinson | SaaStr

|
By Elliott Robinson , Henry Schuck, Jason Lemkin, Amelia Ibarra
| SaaStr
SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Byron Deeter, Elliott Robinson, Henry Schuck, and Jason Lemkin by | Sep 13, 2020 | Fundraising, Marketing, Metrics, Podcasts, Sales | Ep. 373: Bessemer’s 5th Annual State of the Cloud Report returns for a definitive look at the cloud industry today. Byron Deeter and Elliott Robinson, partners at Bessemer Venture Partners, offer macro trends in the public and private cloud markets, strategic...
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

byron deeter | SaaStr

|
By Elliott Robinson , Henry Schuck, Jason Lemkin, Amelia Ibarra
| SaaStr
SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Byron Deeter, Elliott Robinson, Henry Schuck, and Jason Lemkin by | Sep 13, 2020 | Fundraising, Marketing, Metrics, Podcasts, Sales | Ep. 373: Bessemer’s 5th Annual State of the Cloud Report returns for a definitive look at the cloud industry today. Byron Deeter and Elliott Robinson, partners at Bessemer Venture Partners, offer macro trends in the public and private cloud markets, strategic...
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

At meeting on Byrd Middle School's name, Henrico board urged to 'do the right thing'

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Richmond Times-Dispatch
At meeting on Byrd Middle School's name, Henrico board urged to 'do the right thing' Ronald Davis,a descendent of slaves, spoke before the Henrico School Board regarding the changing of the name of Byrd Middle School, Wednesday 3/2/2016. JAMES H. WALLACE/TIMES-DISPATCH After months of pleading with the Henrico County School Board to rename Harry F. Byrd Middle School, a vocal group made its case Wednesday evening during the first of two public input sessions on the name.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

WHAT THIS MOMENT MEANS: Time to connect with empathy

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| JacksonHeraldTODAY
“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.” – Matthew 7:12 This quote from Jesus Christ is also called, “The Golden Rule.” It’s a foundational pillar of the Christian faith. Underlying this simple command is empathy. By treating others the way I would like to be treated, I place myself in their shoes. I treat, respect and love them, the way I want to be treated, respected and loved. There is mutuality. We are connected.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Soundboard: Marching For Black Lives

|
By Charlotte Woods , Elliott Robinson , Sarad Davenport
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
This week, WTJU’s Soundboard focuses on the local demonstrations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. First, we catch up with Charlottesville Tomorrow about what they saw on the ground at the Charlottesville protests. We also talk to Sarad Davenport, of Vinegar Hill Magazine, about how the same systemic inequities fueling worldwide demonstrations exacerbate the impact of COVID-19 in communities of color.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Soundboard: The Historical Roots of COVID-19’s Impact in Charlottesville

|
By Elliott Robinson , Jordy Yager, Sarad Davenport
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
This week, we’re talking with Sarad Davenport and Jordy Yager about the joint Charlottesville Tomorrow-Vinegar Hill Magazine series, Determined. Determined explores how Charlottesville’s history of racial injustice has left many people of color in our community particularly vulnerable to the pandemic and the economic distress in the region. Plus, stay tuned for a conversation with Sin Barreras about how the immigrant community is affected by COVID-19.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Why we’re doubling down on cloud investments right now – TechCrunch

|
By Mary D'Onofrio, Hansae Catlett, Elliott Robinson 
| TechCrunch
Mary D'Onofrio Hansae Catlett Elliott Robinson 5 months Mary D'Onofrio is a software investor at Bessemer Venture Partners who joined to start the firm's growth practice; she's also an architect of ^EMCLOUD and authored the 10 Laws of Cloud and the State of the Cloud 2020. Hansae Catlett is an investor for Bessemer Venture Partners where he primarily focuses on investments in cloud (enterprise and SMB), machine learning and consumer technologies; he's an author behind the State of the Cloud 2020.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

WMRA: Charlottesville Tomorrow Follows The Money (And More) During COVID Crisis

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
A University of Virginia Health System employee walks across the Lawn on April 24, 2020. Credit: Mike Kropf/Charlottesville Tomorrow Get the latest headlines quickly... Try our free newsletter with only LOCAL news headlines, 2-3x a week Elliott Robinson is the news editor at Charlottesville Tomorrow, one of WMRA’s news partners. Bob Leweke spoke with him about their latest reporting and what’s happening in Charlottesville during the COVID-19 crisis.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Q&A: COVID prompts Charlottesville Fire Department adjustments

|
By Charlotte Woods , Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
It’s been more than a month since SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, began raging through Virginia. It has disrupted virtually all types of human activity, including fire departments. In keeping with social distancing requirements, Charlottesville Fire Chief Andrew Baxter answered several questions via email from Reporter Charlotte Rene Woods and News Editor Elliott Robinson about changes the department has made because of the pandemic.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Q&A: COVID-19 prompts Charlottesville police adjustments

|
By Charlotte Woods , Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
It’s been more than a month since SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, began raging through Virginia. It has disrupted virtually all types of human activity, including law enforcement. In keeping with social distancing requirements, Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney answered several questions via email from Reporter Charlotte Rene Woods and News Editor Elliott Robinson about changes the department has made because of the pandemic.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Soundboard: Providing Healthcare to Rural Central Virginia in a Pandemic

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
Forty-one of 46 patients at the Envoy skilled nursing facility in Fluvanna County have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Central Virginia Health Services’ Paula Tomko. We talk about how rural areas are coping with COVID-19 and the non-profit community health clinic’s mission to provide high quality primary health care to anyone who needs it. Subscribe Get an email push with our latest local only headlines at least twice a week, plus special editions of important or breaking news.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

WMRA: Checking in with Charlottesville Tomorrow

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
Public health A man walks through the Sprint Pavilion on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Life continued to change in the area as community members adjust to social distancing measures being taken to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Soundboard: COVID-19 reaches central Virginia

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
"WASH YOUR HANDS" can be read on the Freedom of Speech Wall on the Downtown Mall on Sunday. The phrase has become a mantra during the COVID-19 virus outbreak.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Local mental health experts urge people to get help, and to help

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, the immediate focus has been on how to  maintain our physical health through distancing and hygiene. But the toll on mental health that has come with the arrival of the virus and the economic disruption is also an important public health threat, local therapists say.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

COVID-19 prompts protocol changes for city and county government

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
The adjustments limit contact between employees and visitors If you must go conduct business with Albemarle County in person, you won’t get very far. At the County Office Build on McIntire Road, only the main entrance and the Community Development wings are open. Once inside, visitors are stopped on the first floor and anyone you need to meet will meet with you in the lobby. At the Fifth Street building and at Fire Rescue Administration, you will be met outside or in a well-ventilated room.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Five frequently asked questions about COVID-19

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
How long does COVID-19 live on surfaces? According to a recent study, the virus is viable for up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to 2-3 days on plastic and stainless steel. Clean and sanitize rooms and bathrooms ill people use and also clean and sanitize heavily used surfaces such as phones, remote controls, counters, tabletops, doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, toilets, keyboards, tablets, and bedside tables, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

UVa classes to remain online the remainder of the semester; final exercises canceled

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
Ryan: No events to be held on Grounds; faculty and staff who can work remotely should In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Virginia on Tuesday night announced that all classes will be held online for the remainder of the academic year and Final Exercises are canceled. “We do not make this decision lightly, as we know how disappointing it will be to graduating students and their families,” UVa President Jim Ryan and Provost Liz Magill said in a joint statement.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Area closings, delays and cancellations of note

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
The Downtown Visitor Center and Transit Station on the Downtown Mall. Credit: Elliott Robinson/Charlottesville Tomorrow Charlottesville Tomorrow's mission is to deliver in-depth reporting and analysis that improves local decision-making. We seek to expand civic engagement to foster a vibrant, inclusive, and interdependent community. You can be part of this important work. Our free, no-commitment newsletter delivers our headlines on local news topics you can use, share, and discuss.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Hydraulic-29 has been reconfigured. But that doesn’t mean the underpass project is dead.

|
By Charlotte Woods , Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
Although the Virginia Department of Transportation recently made changes to the intersection of Hydraulic Road and U.S. 29, this isn’t the end of the long and winding road toward finding a way to unlock the periodically jammed crossroads. As of the most recent traffic count, in 2018, about 28,000 vehicles traveled on Hydraulic Road between the U.S. 250 Bypass and U.S. 29.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

The Rundown: Public hearings on 999 E. Rio, Albemarle budget on the Board of Supervisors agenda

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
A development on a congested part of Rio Road that garnered opposition from residents of neighboring Dunlora is expected to come before the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors during the evening portion of its Wednesday meeting. Additionally, the board is slated take its first official look at the county’s fiscal year 2021 budget. The corner of Belvedere Boulevard and East Rio Road is the site of the 999 Rio Road proposal.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

The Rundown: City Council to hear about cold, hard cash and vote on apartments, Barracks/Emmet and the Walker playground at Monday’s meeting

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
Sculptures of U.S. Presidents James Madison (left), Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe decorate the exterior of the Charlottesville City Hall.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Now that the disproportionate minority contact report has been released, what’s next?

|
By Charlotte Woods , Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
The Charlottesville area’s disproportionate minority contact study, possibly the first of its kind in the nation, verified an overall sense that African Americans are overrepresented in the criminal justice system in proportion to their population and that there are disparities in outcomes within the system. In City Hall, Kaki Dimock, director of human services, is at the forefront of the question of what comes next.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

A poster on slavery was put up for the second year in a row at Albemarle’s Cale Elementary. Officials said they took it down for being controversial.

|
By Billy Jean Louis, Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
Fifth-grader Simon Gewirtz said he doesn’t think the removal of a poster from his school, Cale Elementary, was the right decision. “I want them to put the poster back up,” the 10-year-old said Wednesday afternoon as his mother picked him up. “We cannot do anything about history,” he added. “You cannot ignore it.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

On the Record: Charlene Green on the eve of her Office of Human Rights departure

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
Charlene Green is set to step into her new role as deputy director of the Piedmont Housing Alliance. Here path there led through several roles in the Charlottesville area, including the city of Charlottesville’s Office of Human Rights, where she has served as manager since 2015. Before her job transition, Green sat down with Charlottesville Tomorrow for a Q&A. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Q: What was the path leading you to Charlottesville?
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

The Rundown: Report-a-palooza!

|
By Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
Government + politics Charlottesville City Hall Credit: ELLIOTT ROBINSON/CHARLOTTESVILLE TOMORROW Meeting to be held on Tuesday due to Presidents Day Charlottesville City Council meetings are held on Mondays until they aren’t. Due to the Presidents Day holiday, the meeting is shifting over a day to Tuesday. Here’s a link to the full agenda, and here’s a link to the short version. There only is one action item: The Sunrise planned unit development.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

General Assembly setting stage for action on Confederate monuments

|
By Charlotte Woods , Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
With the stroke of a pen this year, a journey that began in downtown Charlottesville could end in downtown Richmond. But any tangible results might not be seen until December. Two bills that propose granting local governments the authority to alter, remove or relocate war memorials — House Bill 1537 and Senate Bill 183 — cleared their respective chambers in the General Assembly.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Questions remain in the wake of the disproportionate minority contact report’s release

|
By Charlotte Woods , Elliott Robinson 
| Charlottesville Tomorrow
Government + politics Charlottesville Police car blocking 4th Street mall crossing Credit: Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow Black people in Charlottesville and Albemarle County are incarcerated at a disproportionate rate and there are disparities at virtually every point in the criminal justice process, a study formally released Monday to the City Council states.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
Show More

Actions

Share this page

Get in touch with Elliott

Contact Elliott, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack
 •  Privacy  •  Terms  •  Security and Legal  •   •   •   • 

© 2026 Muck Rack

SOC 2® Certified