Amy DuBois Barnett

Amy DuBois Barnett
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Hyde Park, Chicago, United States
Alma materBrown University; University College Dublin; Columbia University
OccupationMagazine editor
Known forFirst African-American woman to run a major magazine in the U.S,
Parent(s)Stephen A. Barnett and Marguerite Ross Barnett

Amy DuBois Barnett (born 1969) is an American magazine editor. She was formerly editor-in-chief of Ebony magazine. Barnett was also the editor-in-chief of Honey and Teen People magazines, and the deputy editor of Harper's Bazaar. She was the first African-American woman to run a major mainstream magazine in the United States.[1] Barnett is also an award-winning fiction writer with several published short stories. In 2008, she published an NAACP Image Award-nominated advice book for women: Get Yours! How to Have Everything You Ever Dreamed of and More (Random House).[2]

  1. ^ Ding, Erin Chan (March 19, 2012). "Executive profile: Amy DuBois Barnett, editor-in-chief of Ebony magazine". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Peters, Derek (January 8, 2008). "NAACP honors best of year". Variety. Retrieved April 26, 2017.