The Essence Music Festival vs. New Orleans
Essence Music Festival 2010 in New Orleans A corporate event in the struggling city brings stars and money but also creates tensions with the locals. brentin.mockA corporate event in the struggling...
View ArticleEssence Magazine Hires White Fashion Director
Essence Magazine Hires White Fashion Director Controversy sparks over the decision to hire a white fashion director to celebrate black beauty.Essence magazine has done what some call the unthinkable:...
View ArticleNews Flash: Black Magazines Aren't Always That Black
White People Work at Black Magazines Too Those upset that Essence has hired a white fashion director should not be surprised that white people work at black magazines, too, says this veteran of...
View ArticleThe Essence Hire: It's Personal and Professional
Essence Hires a White Fashion Director In response to the controversial news that Essence magazine has hired a white fashion director, a former fashion editor at the magazine explains why we care....
View ArticleAngela Burt-Murray to Step Down as Essence Editor-in-Chief
Angela Burt-Murray to Step Down as Essence Editor-in-Chief Angela Burt-Murray has announced her plan to leave her post at Essence and relocate with her family to Atlanta. Former Time Inc. executive...
View ArticleEssence Magazine Gets New Editor-in-Chief
Essence gets new Editor-in-Chief jenee.desmondharrisVeteran journalist and style expert Constance C.R. White will take over the publication.From PRNewswire:Veteran journalist, editor and culture &...
View ArticleFashion Veteran Constance White Named Essence Editor
Fashion Veteran Constance C.R. White Named Essence Editor "She’s a bright star," Marcia Ann Gillespie said of Essence's new top editor Constance White. Marcia Ann Gillespie, former editor-in-chief of...
View ArticleUnity Accepts Gay-Journalists Group
Unity Accepts Gay-Journalists Group UNITY: Journalists of Color will now include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association. Journal-isms: The expansion of the group for journalists of...
View ArticleMike Wallace Even Made Black History
Mike Wallace Even Made Black History CBS News legend dies at 93. Journal-isms: The CBS News legend dies at 93."Pit Bull" Brought Malcolm X to National Attention"CBS News legend Mike Wallace, the 60...
View ArticleBeyoncé's NYABJ Award Draws Fire
Beyonce NYABJ, Essence Magazine Journalism Award Draws Fire "As far as I am concerned, Beyoncé won fair and square," Feeney said by telephone. Journal-isms:Beyoncé creates a stir by winning a...
View ArticleStars Shine at Essence Black Women in Music
Essence Black Women in Music: Salute to Solange Knowles and Lianne La Havas Brightcove Settings Widescreen Single Video (New Player) 2149237939001 560 315 Jill Scott, Kelly Rowland and others salute...
View ArticleStaff Departures at Essence
Essence EIC Constance White, 2 More Essence Editors Out Vanessa Bush, the executive editor, 'will step into Constance's role in the interim as managing editor,' Baxter said by email. Editorial staff...
View ArticleEssence Isn't a Magazine; It's a Religion
Essence: Not Just a Magazine but a Religion tamara.jeffriesTamara Jeffries, a former editor at the black women's publication, writes at Poynter that the embattled monthly is more than just pages glued...
View ArticleEssence Editor Says She Was Fired
Essence Editor Constance C.R. White Says She Was Fired 'What needs to happen is the reader is getting lost and the reader has to be at the center. To make their world smaller is unacceptable,' White...
View ArticleEssence Magazine Has Lost Its 'Essence'
Essence Magazine: Has It Lost Its 'Essence'? drboyce.watkinsDr. Boyce Watkins denounces white media takeovers of black publications in a blog post at Black Blue Dog, saying that Essence magazine was...
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