Court Stroud

Court Stroud is an adjunct, writer, and media strategy consultant who has worked at Univision, Telemundo, Azteca, CBS, and several digital startups. Founder of consulting practice The Cledor Group, he has helped companies such as Comcast, NBCU (NBC, Telemundo, NBC Sports), Sony Entertainment Pictures, and BBC Studios navigate today’s tumultuous media landscape in traditional and digital media.

As an adjunct faculty member at NYU, Columbia, The New School, and his beloved alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin, Stroud has designed and co-designed undergraduate, graduate, and pre-college courses including “Innovations in Marketing: Diversity in US Media & Advertising,” “Selling Your Pitch: Essentials of the Business of Television,” “Social Issues in Advertising and Public Relations in New York City,” “Programmatic Media & Marketing,” and “Digital Media & Advertising.” He co-created a course about the fundamentals of digital advertising certified by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB).

Court’s byline appears in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Forbes, where he is a contributing writer. He is a member of ASJA (American Society of Journalists and Authors), the NWU (National Writers’ Union), and NLGJA (Association of LGBTQ Journalists). The San Antonio, Texas native received a 2019 New York Press Association First Place Award, a 2021 New York Foundation for the Artist (NYFA) City Artist Corp Grant, was honored with a 2021 Lambda Literary Fellowship, and in 2022 won ASJA’s “The Arlenes: Articles That Make a Difference” award. Court is the co-host and executive producer of The Revolución podcast which interviews tastemakers like Gloria Estefan, Edward James Olmos, and Maria Hinojosa.

Stroud holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Court is also an adjunct, writer and media strategy consultant who has worked at Univision, Telemundo, TV Azteca, CBS, and several startups. He founded The Cledor Group, a consulting practice that helps companies navigate today’s tumultuous media landscape. Past clients include firms such as Comcast, NBCUniversal (NBC, Telemundo, NBC Sports), Sony Entertainment Pictures, and BBC Studios. As an adjunct faculty member at Columbia and NYU, Stroud has designed courses like "Diversity in Media & Advertising." His byline appears in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Forbes, where he’s a contributing writer.