Rebekah Monson

Co-Founder, Letterhead, WhereBy.Us, Commissioner & Code For Miami

Miami

Rebekah Monson is co-founder and COO for WhereBy.Us, a platform that helps creators build media businesses, starting with email newsletters. Its brands, Miami’s The New Tropic, Seattle’s The Evergrey, Portland's Bridgeliner, and Orlando's Pulptown, serve more than a million curious locals each year. The company completed Jason Calcanis’s LAUNCH Accelerator, and is currently expanding and enhancing its technology platform to serve creators around the world.

Previously, Rebekah worked in many journalism jobs and later ran communications at the University of Miami School of Communication, where she pursued (but didn't finish) an M.F.A. in Interactive Media. She co-founded Code for Miami and Hacks/Hackers Miami. She frequently speaks and trains about working at the intersection of technology, storytelling and civic engagement for professional journalism and technology organizations, governments and nonprofits.