Keli Goff is an American journalist, playwright and screenwriter. She first came to prominence as a blogger and political commentator during the 2008 election, recognized for her contributions to The Huffington Post and her appearances on various television networks as a political pundit. She has appeared on CNN, Fox News, the BBC, MSNBC and other networks. She is the author of the book, Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence and the novel The GQ Candidate, released in July 2011. In September 2014 Goff joined the writing staff of the BETdrama series "Being Mary Jane." She won a 2016 NAACP Image Award for her work on the show. She is a 2014 recipient of the Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group fellowship. From 2017- 2019 she was a writer for the CWTelevision series"Black Lightning" based on the DC Comics superhero. As of 2019 she is a Columnist for The Daily Beast and writer for the upcoming television series "Twenties," produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe. She is a regular contributor to "Left, Right & Center" on NPR affiliate KCRW. She was nominated for two Emmy Awards for her work as a producer on the 2018 Netflix documentary Reversing Roe.
Her first book, Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence, examined the perspectives and impact of younger voters and members of the Post Civil Rights Generation on the political process, with particular focus on the 2008 election. Her second book, The GQ Candidate, a novel, was published in 2011 by Simon & Schuster's Atria Books, with the paperback published in June 2012. During the 2008 election she was a regular contributor to the BET public affairs program "The Truth With Jeff Johnson" and an editorial contributor to RushmoreDrive.com. Her essay "Living the Dream" is featured in the collection The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's A More Perfect Union. Her writing has also appeared in Time, UPTOWN, Cosmopolitan, Essence, The Guardian, the Washington Post, the Daily Beast and the web editions of the New York Times and New York magazine. 2019-2020 Goff bylines include The Hollywood Reporter, The Nation and Town & Country Magazine. Currently a columnist for , Goff previously served as a Correspondent for and as a regular contributor to the Washington Post blog "She the People," and before that for the Huffington Post. Goff's columns have been the subject of coverage in outlets including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, while her books have been covered by USA Today,Vanity Fair, and Politico. During the 2016 election she was also the host of a live event series for WNYC , about “sidestepping the horse race of the 2016 elections to dig deeper into the people and ideas shaping our political landscape" at The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR in Soho. Goff was an anchor at the Women in the World Summit in 2014 for the Toyota Solutions Studio. In addition to interviewing former President Jimmy Carter, she interviewed many of the speakers and panelists from the conference including Ken Burns. In 2017 she began writing for the CW television series Black Lightning based on the DC Comics superhero. In 2013 Goff began working on her first documentary, interviewing pro-life and pro-choice activists about the history of reproductive policy in America. That film would eventually become "Reversing Roe," released on Netflix In 2019 Goff, along with directors/fellow producers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, would go on to be nominated for two News/Documentary for their work on the film. Though best known for covering politics, Goff has written about fashion for publications like New York Magazine and Town & Country, and is known for her interest in vintage clothing, particularly pieces by historically significant designers of color. Some pieces from her vintage collection are housed in the Texas Fashion Collection.
