Media Contact Update: Joi Marie Leaves Essence After Two Years Of Serving Black Women

On September 18, Joi Marie announced in a tweet her departure with Essence after two long years. She has started a new role as Deputy Editor for Insider. Before her time with Essence magazine, she had worked nearly a decade in network news from Good Morning America and ABC News to ABC Radio and NBC News. She is the author of The Engagement Game and has freelanced for her family’s The Afro American Newspaper, the longest-running newspaper owned by a Black family in the country.

Joi Marie has been updated in our Media Contact database


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