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This week, Mani is joined by a super special guest, the EDITOR IN CHIEF of HuffPost, Danielle Belton (@BlackSnob on Twitter)! This media boss lady has a relatable love for and connection to real housewives and all things reality tv, and wrote about it for HuffPost and how it saved her during this extra long pandemic. Her thoughts on RHOSLC, the Jen Shah arrest, and the final part of the RHOP reunion, plus hot takes from all things Housewives are compelling. And her and Mani had a nice little kiki about RHONY and RHOC and whether or not she should watch! Come mix it up! Join the Patreon for extra content from Hot Topics, Polls, extra episodes, and Throw back deep dives at Patreon.com/mixingwithmani Shop NEW Merch and frequent sales at https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirts?query=mixingwithmani&ref_id=23135 for other ways to connect or support: https://linktr.ee/mixingwithmani Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When Danielle Belton started as HuffPost's editor-in-chief in April, she stepped into a newsroom that had spent a year in tumult. In addition to the trials of covering and living through the pandemic, the news outlet's staff had gone through a sale from Verizon Media to BuzzFeed that eventually led to 70 HuffPost employees being laid off. And all the while, the newsroom had been without a leader. “They went so long without an editor-in-chief. The fact that there was going to be one put into place and that they were going to have their own leader independent of BuzzFeed and BuzzFeed News meant a lot. I felt like the reaction I got was actually more warm than anything else. And one of relief,” Belton said in the latest episode of the Digiday Podcast, which was recorded live during the Digiday Publishing Summit on Sept. 27 in Miami. Of course, Belton's appointment alone wouldn't instantaneously alleviate all stress and anxiety among HuffPost's staff. That's why the former editor-in-chief of G/O Media's The Root sees her role as being the outlet's “newsroom therapist.” It's a role she has found herself playing since she started working in journalism and spent time roaming newsrooms where she has worked to check in with other staffers. “I used to tell my bosses, ‘You guys should just pay me to be the newsroom therapist. I can just talk to everybody all day and listen to their problems and help them figure out how to solve them and help them with their stories. And that's basically what I'm doing now. I'm the newsroom therapist,” Belton said. This episode is the final in a four-part series for the Digiday Podcast called “The Modern Newsroom Leader,” featuring editors-in-chief as they navigate new industry challenges including staffers dealing with burnout, unsteady financial businesses and prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion in hiring practices. Previous episodes featured The Cut's Lindsay Peoples Wagner and Vox's Swati Sharma, Houston Chronicle's Maria Reeve and Gawker's Leah Finnegan.
This week on "TheWrap-Up," we'll have part one of our "Conversations of Cancel Culture" series, which focuses on journalism. The panel was moderated by Sharon Waxman and features Charlie Hebdo’s editor-in-chief Gerard Briad, syndicated editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle, Huffpost editor-in-chief Danielle Belton and media strategist Susie Banikarim. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hazelwood Central grad Danielle Belton on being named Editor-in-Chief of Huffington Post.
In our first episode of 2021, we chat with Danielle Belton, Editor In Chief at The Root. Danielle provides some great details on her family background and upbringing which includes her parents making sure that she had a great understanding of her family history and being proud of who she is. Listen to hear detailed thoughts from Danielle: - Career journey: joined The Root in 2015 and worked her way up to Editor In Chief in 2017. - The importance of being persistent and a risk-taker in growing your career. - How journalism has evolved in the past 20 years and why digital media has opened the doors for more diverse talent. - Be sure to check out one of her book recommendations: Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine Follow Us: Newsletter: http://bitly.com/2QLEY8U Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Qp0SzK Instagram: http://bit.ly/2QLfEQc Linkedin: http://bit.ly/2ZZUBxG
This week we're preparing for our 2021 reading goals with help from The Root's Danielle Belton and Maiysha Kai. Listen to hear Danielle and Maiysha share their tips for finding time to read, how to diversify your reading list, and the best ways to find books you'll love. Danielle and Maiysha are the hosts of The Root Presents: It's Lit!—a new podcast from the team at The Root discussing all things literature, literally.Have an idea for a future episode? Call us at 347-687-8109 and leave a voicemail, or write to us at upgrade@lifehacker.com. We want to hear from you!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week, Danielle Belton shares the story of her ceremony at Luau Pointe, with a meal at Kona Cafe and an EPCOT dessert party at UK Lochside. Danielle and Nick both work in the cruise industry and travel a lot for work, so they wanted their wedding to be centrally located and easy to plan. You'll hear how they chose their ceremony and dessert party venues, what their favorite menu items were, and how Danielle spent several months creating her bouquet out of Disneyland and Disneyland Paris park maps—even placing the spot where Nick proposed closest to her heart. And you'll hear how Nick saved the day when he discovered the ceremony set up in the wrong location and had Disney fix it before Danielle even knew! Click here to see all the photos!
Police murders of Black Americans, and the resulting protests, are once more at the forefront of the news cycle. The focus constitutes an important opportunity, but journalists who don't have a nuanced understanding of our country's systemic, state-sponsored violence against Black people, wrongly report the latest police crimes as a symptom of the Trump regime. On this week's Kicker, Danielle Belton, editor in chief of The Root, and Alexandria Neason, staff writer at CJR, speak with Kyle Pope, our editor and publisher, about the history of protest in America, how coverage of the latest murders ties into the COVID-19 pandemic, and why this is not just a story about Trump's attempts to incite violence.
Reniqua Allen examines whether the "American Dream" is attainable today. She's interviewed by [The Root] editor-in-chief Danielle Belton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Award-winning blogger & Managing Editor of TheRoot.com, Danielle Belton joins Carol Jenkins to discuss her personal struggles with mental illness and her work at TheRoot.com.
Danielle Belton is the award winning editor of The Root, the African-American online cultural magazine. In this wide ranging discussion, Belton tells us that The Root “doesn’t believe in respectability politics,” but rather seeks to capture an unvarnished, unapologetic take on “what it means to be black.” The internet democratized the media space for everyone, she says. People who originally had no access to major news outlets now have a place to practice journalism. And, with regard to covering Donald Trump, Belton says “everyone is really sensitive right now because of the nature of this presidency” and that the job for members of the press is to present “the truth” and examine the “dark places and cast light so people can see what’s going on.” Download transcript here.
Segment 1: Danielle Belton, the creator of The Black Snob discusses her popular blog, her work in TV, her comic and her role as Associate Editor at The Root. Segment 2: Jamie narrates a story from the 1985 book The People Could Fly based on Black narratives of the 19th century. She reads "The Peculiar Such Thing" by Virginia Hamilton. Segment 3: Joelle Monique interviews comic artist Marcus Williams about his latest project Tuskegee Heirs as well as his work as an indie creator in the publishing space. Music by: Sammus, Shubzilla, and Muddy Waters
Slut, whore, sexy, empowered. Women seem to hurl these titles at one another on the regular, but what's the distinction? What makes a stripper a whore but a Kardashian sexy? They are both showing their bodies for money. From stripper cardio classes to stripping to live we're getting into the politics of slut-shaming. With Guest, Danielle Belton, Founder of the Black Snob and Editor-at-Large for Clutch Magazine Online.
Armed with sharp wit and serious snark, journalist Danielle Belton dissects pop culture and politics on her blog Black Snob. Belton shared her story on living with bipolar disorder in the Summer 2011 issue of BP magazine, a hope-filled publication about bipolar disorder. She talks with PEERS Podcast host Jenee Darden about her life, career and mental health stigma in the African-American community. Photo provided by bp magazine.