Roland S. Martin joins Essence Magazine
Award-winning journalist joins Essence as special correspondent; launches new blog on Essence.com. Address: http://essence.typepad.com/news/
(August 7, 2007) New York, NY—Award-winning journalist and CNN contributor, Roland S. Martin, will launch his new blog on essence.com today with the notorious question, “Is Obama Black Enough?†Martin will post to the site, the online home of ESSENCE, the preeminent lifestyle magazine for African-American women, twice daily and will cover a myriad of issues including politics, race, religion, relationships, parenting, and more.
“I look forward to working with ESSENCE on expanding its presence on the Internet and addressing a variety of topics,†says Roland S. Martin. “Many of these issues may be considered taboo, sensitive or controversial, but the interactive dialogue it will generate, particularly among African-American women will be very interesting.â€
Martin will also start contributing to the magazine bi-monthly, beginning with the December issue.
“Roland is one of the country’s most respected journalists,†says Angela Burt-Murray, editor in chief, ESSENCE. “His perspective on the issues that are of importance to the ESSENCE audience will help broaden the scope of essence.com and is sure to drive more of our readers to the site.â€
Essence.com has become the online destination for millions of African-American women in recent months. The site received 10,000,000 page views in July and has garnered national media attention as a result of its recent breaking news stories on celebrities like Mel B., Robin Givens and more!
In addition to his role as a CNN contributor, Mr. martin is a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate; a commentator for TV One Cable Network; and host of “The Roland S. Martin Show” on WVON-AM/1690 in Chicago. He can be heard daily from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. In September, he will release his second book, “Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith.â€
About ESSENCE
With 8 million readers, ESSENCE is the preeminent lifestyle magazine for African-American women. Published by Essence Communications Inc., it is the leading source of cutting-edge information relating to every area of African-American women’s lives. For 37 years, ESSENCE has celebrated personal achievement, chronicled social movement, documented struggles, showcased beauty, defined and set trends and illustrated the incredible journey of a resilient and splendid race.
