Kim Kelly is an American journalist and writer, best known for her coverage of labor issues, and of heavy metal music.
She initially began writing for her school newspaper as a teenager, and eventually became editor for Vice Magazine's music and culture section.
[14][15][16][17] Kelly has been published by the following publications: The New Republic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Baffler, The Nation, the Columbia Journalism Review, Esquire, and as Vice's music blog heavy metal editor.
Kelly has also worked as a video correspondent for More Perfect Union, The Real News Network, and Means TV.
Three of those people figure in Kelly's book FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor they are: Julia Pastrana, William Henry Johnson, and Joice Heth.