In July 2017, the blog Very Smart Brothas, co-founded by Damon Young and Panama Jackson, became a vertical of The Root.[5]
Danielle Belton was editor-in-chief at The Root between 2017 and 2021, when she was appointed editor of HuffPost.[6][7] On April 14, 2021, it was announced that Vanessa De Luca had been appointed editor-in-chief.[8]
Since April 2021 The Root has seen substantial staff turnover with 15 out of the 16 full-time staffers resigning following internal tensions, with former staff member Michael Harriot saying that, "as a staff, we came to the conclusion that, basically, The Root is over."[9]
The Root 100edit
The Root 100 is the magazine's annual "list of the 100 most important black influencers between the ages of 25 and 45."[10] This list has been published since 2011. Readers of The Root are allowed to nominate those who they feel are deserving of being on this list. The list has had a wide variety of people from celebrities such as Donald Glover, writers like Roxane Gay, and athletes. Other influential people in the black community who are not as well known, such as activists, are encouraged to be added to the list as well.[11]
Referencesedit
^Ahrens, Frank (January 28, 2008). "Post Launches Site With African American Focus". The Washington Post. p. D01. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
^Pérez-Peña, Richard (January 28, 2008). "Washington Post Starts an Online Magazine for Blacks". The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
^Bond, Shannon (May 21, 2015). "Univision buys African-American news site The Root". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
^Belton, Danielle C. (January 12, 2017). "Please Allow Us to Re-introduce Ourselves". The Root. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
^"Gizmodo Media Group Announces Partnership With Very Smart Brothas". MSN. July 7, 2017.
root, magazine, root, african, american, oriented, online, magazine, launched, january, 2008, henry, louis, gates, donald, graham, roottype, siteonline, magazineavailable, inenglishownerg, mediacreated, byhenry, louis, gates, donald, grahameditorvanessa, lucau. The Root is an African American oriented online magazine It was launched on January 28 2008 by Henry Louis Gates Jr and Donald E Graham The RootType of siteOnline magazineAvailable inEnglishOwnerG O MediaCreated byHenry Louis Gates Jr Donald E GrahamEditorVanessa De LucaURLtheroot wbr comCommercialYesLaunchedJanuary 28 2008 16 years ago 2008 01 28 Contents 1 History 2 The Root 100 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe Root was owned by Graham Holdings Company through its online subsidiary The Slate Group 1 2 In 2015 Graham Holdings sold The Root to Univision Communications 3 The site was subsequently re launched under the Kinja platform used by other Gizmodo Media Group formerly Gawker Media websites 4 GMG was later succeeded by G O Media as owner of The Root In July 2017 the blog Very Smart Brothas co founded by Damon Young and Panama Jackson became a vertical of The Root 5 Danielle Belton was editor in chief at The Root between 2017 and 2021 when she was appointed editor of HuffPost 6 7 On April 14 2021 it was announced that Vanessa De Luca had been appointed editor in chief 8 Since April 2021 The Root has seen substantial staff turnover with 15 out of the 16 full time staffers resigning following internal tensions with former staff member Michael Harriot saying that as a staff we came to the conclusion that basically The Root is over 9 The Root 100 editThe Root 100 is the magazine s annual list of the 100 most important black influencers between the ages of 25 and 45 10 This list has been published since 2011 Readers of The Root are allowed to nominate those who they feel are deserving of being on this list The list has had a wide variety of people from celebrities such as Donald Glover writers like Roxane Gay and athletes Other influential people in the black community who are not as well known such as activists are encouraged to be added to the list as well 11 References edit Ahrens Frank January 28 2008 Post Launches Site With African American Focus The Washington Post p D01 Retrieved February 20 2010 Perez Pena Richard January 28 2008 Washington Post Starts an Online Magazine for Blacks The New York Times Retrieved February 20 2010 Bond Shannon May 21 2015 Univision buys African American news site The Root Financial Times ISSN 0307 1766 Archived from the original on May 24 2015 Retrieved May 24 2015 Belton Danielle C January 12 2017 Please Allow Us to Re introduce Ourselves The Root Retrieved January 12 2017 Gizmodo Media Group Announces Partnership With Very Smart Brothas MSN July 7 2017 Danielle Belton LinkedIn Spangler Todd March 21 2021 BuzzFeed Appoints New HuffPost Editor in Chief Danielle Belton of The Root Retrieved September 12 2021 Vanessa De Luca Joins The Root as Editor in Chief April 14 2021 Retrieved September 12 2021 What Happened at The Root Gawker Archived from the original on 2022 01 29 Retrieved 2022 01 29 The Root 100 A Who s Who Of Black America WAMU Tell Me More NPR October 26 2013 Retrieved July 30 2016 The Root 100 Tell Us Who Should Be on Our Annual List of Influential African Americans The Root Retrieved May 1 2018 External links editOfficial website C SPAN Q amp A interview with The Root Managing Editor Lynette Clemetson October 12 2008 nbsp This article relating to a magazine connected with culture is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See tips for writing articles about magazines Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte nbsp This online magazine related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See tips for writing articles about magazines Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Root magazine amp oldid 1207057965, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
