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Danielle Belton

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An all-around word hustlin', perambulating pontificator. EIC @HuffPost; Former EIC @TheRoot; The OG Black Snob; Alexander's auntie.
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DEI dies in darkness, taking integrity with it

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By Danielle Belton
| Nieman Lab Verified
DEI dies in darkness, taking integrity with it “If corporate, conglomerate-owned news organizations are willing to abandon their principles around diversity, equity, and inclusion, they’ll happily abandon their principles around almost anything.” -dies-in-darkness-taking-integrity-with-it By the end of 2024, I knew my days as an editor-in-chief were likely numbered. Not because I was a poor performer, or because of any issue with my parent company.
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The Godmother Of Fashion Is Not Done Fighting For Representation

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By Danielle Belton
| Yahoo Verified
Inher2023 documentary, “Invisible Beauty,” Bethann Hardison recognizes living history by being the embodiment of it. She knows the firsts and the lasts. She knows the models, the campaigns and the covers. She knows the designers and the movements that have made the fashion industry what it is today because she was part of so much of it. But memory is fleeting as historic firsts get lost in time. Every new generation reimagines the past differently.
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Closing Newsrooms, A Society On The Brink, And A Repeat Of The 2020 Election Push Journalists To Their Limits

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By Danielle Belton
| Yahoo Verified
The grand undoing of progress in the name of “making America great again” is tough for anyone who has only known the moral arc of the universe to bend toward justice. Jianan Liu/HuffPost Journalism has always been a wild profession. The hours can be nutty. The pressures are severe. The competition is stiff, and the money is often nonexistent, as the closure of dozens of newsrooms over the last few years attests. Basically, it’s not for the faint of heart.
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