US: WaPo Co. launches Slate for African Americans
Posted by Jean Yves Chainon on January 28, 2008 at 6:45 PM
The Washington Post Co. is to launch a Web magazine, The Root, that will target African Americans. A "Slate for black readers," according to one of its founders, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Slate offers a mix of news, features, opinion, as well as arts and sports coverage.
The site was founded by Gates and Post Co. Chairman Donald E. Graham. Gates, an African American, has written extensively on black history and genealogy. “The Root will be a 21st-century version of a national black newspaper, Gates said, featuring articles from notable black writers, such as the New Yorker's Malcolm Gladwell,” reported The Post.
Gates will be editor of The Root. Former New York Times editor Lynette Clemetson will be the site's managing editor.
Source: Washington Post through Poynter Romenesko
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