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Amy DuBois Barnett Named Executive Editor For ESPN Site Serving African-American Audiences

Former Ebony Magazine Editor-in-Chief Lands New Gig
Brennan Williams
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**FOR USE WITH AP LIFESTYLES** Amy DuBois Barnett, author and Harper's Bazaar editor, poses for a photograph in New York, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Barnett is the first person to admit that she's not a particular fan of the self-help book genre. Yet she doesn't think it's particularly ironic that she herself has penned a self-help book of her own: "Get Yours! The Girlfriend's Guide To Having Everything You Ever Dreamed of And More," released last fall. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
**FOR USE WITH AP LIFESTYLES** Amy DuBois Barnett, author and Harper's Bazaar editor, poses for a photograph in New York, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Barnett is the first person to admit that she's not a particular fan of the self-help book genre. Yet she doesn't think it's particularly ironic that she herself has penned a self-help book of her own: "Get Yours! The Girlfriend's Guide To Having Everything You Ever Dreamed of And More," released last fall. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

ESPN Digital & Print Media today announced that award-winning journalist Amy DuBois Barnett will join ESPN as Executive Editor of Jason Whitlock’s upcoming site that will provide coverage, commentary and insight about sports and culture directed towards an African-American audience. In this role, Barnett will manage editorial operations for the site. She will report to Whitlock, founder and Editor-in-Chief.

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