Social Media
& Video Strategies

Steve Grove is the Head of News and Politics at YouTube, where he directs the news and political strategy and programming for the company. Through content partnerships with media, political, and governmental organizations, Steve's team develops platforms and programming to increase citizen engagement in politics, government, and news reporting. During the 2008 election, Steve developed YouTube's nationally-acclaimed political platform, You Choose '08, which connected candidates and voters directly through YouTube channels, and produced two presidential debates in partnership with CNN. This model has expanded globally to include YouTube political programming in Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa. Steve also drives YouTube's partnerships with the U.S. Government, aimed at increasing government accessibility and transparency, and he developed YouTube's nonprofit program, which connects nonprofit organizations with volunteers on YouTube who want to make a difference. Originally from Northfield, Minnesota, Steve worked at the Boston Globe and ABC News prior to joining the YouTube. He received a Master's in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Govt. at Harvard in 2006. In December of 2007, Newsweek named Steve one of its "12 people to watch", and in June of 2009, Campaigns & Elections Magazine listed him as one of the "Rising Stars of 2009". He blogs regularly at www.citizentube.com.