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Annie Leibovitz, DonorsChoose and Myself Walked Into a School...

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.14.2013 | Impact
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Craig Newmark

I went to NYC a few months back for a Vanity Fair photo shoot with DonorsChoose.org staff, board members, and advisers.

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Desirée Rogers Re-Energizes Ebony Magazine

wwd.com | Posted 04.09.2012 | Media
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Eighteen months ago, not long after leaving the White House, Desirée Rogers had a big problem on her hands. She had just been appointed chief executi...

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Julee Wilson

Ebony.com Gets A Facelift

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 01.18.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Desiree Rogers, Jet Magazine, Hair-Beauty, Ebony Website, Ebony, Ebony Magazine, Linda Johnson Rice, Amy-Dubois-Barnett, Black Voices News

Ebony magazine, the oldest and largest black publication, debuted it's redesigned website today. Under the direction of Ebony's editor-in-chief Am...

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Julee Wilson

Ebony Fashion Fair Set To Auction 7000 Designer Items

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 12.20.2011 | Black Voices
Read More: Video, Eunice Johnson, Hair-Beauty-Beauty, Fashion Shows, Desiree Rogers, Jet Magazine, Ebony Fashion Fair, Ebony Magazine, Linda Johnson Rice, Ebony Fashion Fair Auction, Black Voices News

Over the past 51 years the Ebony Fashion Fair has presented approximately 5,000 fashion shows and raised more than $55 million for charity. And tomorr...

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Things Are Looking Up

npr.org | Morning Edition | Posted 11.22.2011 | Media
Read More: Npr, Johnson Publishing, Ebony Johnson Publishing, Ebony, Jet, Desiree Rogers, Magazines, Media News

Johnson Publishing Company, the black American icon based in Chicago, is hiring. It's a sharp turnaround for a company that saw circulation numbers an...

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PHOTO: Desiree Rogers & Daughter Victoria Strike A Pose In Vogue

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 09.20.2011 | Style
Read More: Desiree Rogers Vogue, Desiree Rogers, Hair-Beauty, Fashion, Ikram Goldman, Ikram, Desiree Rogers Ikram, Style News

Tucked inside Vogue's August "Age Issue" -- a profile on Chicago boutique owner (and unofficial Michelle Obama stylist) Ikram Goldman. Goldman shares ...

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PHOTOS: Desiree Rogers Dons Patterned Dress With Yellow Pedicure

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.24.2011 | Style
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Johnson Publishing CEO and forever Washington's best-dressed woman in our hearts, Desiree Rogers, attended New York Public Library's Centennial Gala o...

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PHOTOS: Desiree Rogers Dresses For Spring

Posted 06.06.2011 | Style
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Desiree Rogers -- who will forever be "Washington's Best-Dressed Woman" in our hearts -- stepped out to the Dress for Success Something To Share Gala ...

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Desiree Rogers Will Help Plan Rahm's Inauguration

The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Desiree Rogers Inaugural Committee, Desiree Rogers Rahm Emanuel, Desiree Rogers Chicago, Chicago 2011 Inaugural Committee, Susana Mendoza, Rahm Emanuel Inauguration, Desiree Rogers, Stephanie Neely, Chicago News

Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers has been named a co-chair of the Chicago 2011 Inaugural Committee. The committee, chosen by Chica...

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Last Look: Style News You Might Have Missed (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Tom Ford, Lindsay Lohan, Slidepollajax, Desiree Rogers, Designers, Betsey Johnson, Michelle Obama Style, Style News

Welcome to Last Look, where we round up the Style scraps that didn't make it to our news page this week. Click through and catch up on what else happe...

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PHOTOS: Michelle Obama All-Stars Fete New Michelle Obama Book

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Liya Kebede, Tory Burch, Iman, Michelle Obama, Tod's, Tina Brown, Slidepollajax, Desiree Rogers, Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style, Michelle Obama Style, Style News

Tina Brown and TOD's hosted a luncheon on Thursday to celebrate the publication of Kate Betts' book Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama And The Power Of Sty...

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Desiree Rogers Steps Out In Leather Pants, Stiletto Boots (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Desiree Rogers, Poll, Fashion, Desiree Rogers Style, Desiree Rogers Johnson Publishing, Style News

Former White House Social Secretary and Washington's Best-Dressed Woman, Desiree Rogers, stepped out in her new role on Tuesday night -- Johnson Publi...

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Social Secretary Smoot Out, A Man In?

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: White House, Poll, Social Secretary, Desiree Rogers, Julianna Smoot, Style News

So we're a little late to the party (at least we didn't crash it!), but White House Social Secretary Julianna Smoot is leaving her post after only ten...

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PHOTOS: Jennifer Hudson Shines At Rahm Emanuel Fundraiser

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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On Monday night, Grammy award winner Jennifer Hudson performed to a sold-out crowd at Chicago's House of Blues to raise money for Rahm Emanuel's mayor...

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Can Desiree Rogers Take Over The Magazine World?

New York Times | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Desiree Rogers, Jet Magazine, Johnson Publishing Company, Desiree Rogers Johnson Publishing, Ebony, Magazines, Media News

If all this was too brash for Washington's schadenfreude set, then Ms. Rogers seems to have found a more suitable role. Since August, she has been chi...

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Saving Ebony-Jet: One Million Facebook "Likes"

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Desiree Rogers, Jet Magazine, Johnson Publishing Company, Ebony, Ebony Magazine, Ebony-Jet, Linda Johnson Rice, Jim Crow, Social Media, Black America, Black History, Facebook, Media News
Mike Green

Preserving the iconic headquarters of Ebony-Jet has become a common focus of numerous debates. Some believe a part of Black American history is being sold.

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PHOTOS: Out & About Last Night: Who Was Best-Dressed?

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Models, Iman, ACE Awards, Kanye West, Desiree Rogers, Heidi Klum, Fashion, Slidepollajax, Maria Sharapova, Style News

Plenty of famous faces hit the red carpets on Monday night on this side of the Atlantic, with the 14th Annual ACE Awards presented by the Accessories ...

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Calvin Klein Spring 2011: Desiree Rogers And My Sad Wardrobe Truth (PHOTOS)

Hilary Moss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Hilary Moss

When I spotted Desiree in the crowd, I figured, why not say hi to the former White House Social Secretary. And then I forced a confused cK PR girl to take our photograph.

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Desiree Rogers Sits Front Row At Fashion Week To Watch Trends, Can't Hide Out In An Office (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers has always been a friend of fashion. She hit Fall/Winter Fashion Week in February 2009, sitting nex...

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Desiree Rogers Named CEO Of Johnson Publishing Company

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers has been named chief executive officer of struggling Chicago-based Johnson Publishing--the world's ...

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Boycott White House Gate Crasher's Housewife Show!

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Lonna Saunders

Should Bravo TV have rewarded White House gate crasher Michaele Salahi with a spot on its new reality series, The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C?

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Desiree Rogers Reflects On Tenure, Talks About Her Looks (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Former White House Social Secretary and Washington's Best-Dressed Woman Desiree Rogers spoke to Chicago's FOX news about what she's been up to lately,...

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Desiree Rogers Dons Galliano To Met Gala, Talks About Move Back To Chicago (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers attended Monday night's Met Gala wearing Galliano. She told The Huffington Post that she just moved...

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Desiree Rogers: 'I'm Not Crying For Me'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers talked to Bloomberg Businessweek at a Chicago Advertising Federation luncheon and she said she's ch...

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New Museum Spring Gala Goes Brazilian, Welcomes Desiree Rogers

Matt Sledge | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Desiree Rogers, Slidepollajax, New Museum Spring Gala, Desiree Rogers Style, The New Museum, Maluca, White House Party Crashers, Fernanda Motta, Vik-Muniz, Francisco-Costa, Julianna Smoot, New Museum Gala, New York News
Matt Sledge

The mood at the New Museum's Spring Gala was like the dress code: anything but black.

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