Talk:Essence (magazine)

message: Can add historical information to the article, such as previous business deals, and also more information about the underlying race and gender relations that impacted the magazine's creation and production. Yaa Harpo (talk) 22:56, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: "The Recession Has Devastated Black Magazines" The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
"Begin Drafting Your Article Edits" Assignment- 2/28/17
What the current form of the article is missing:
"Style" section- as seen in "Time (magazine)" entry
"Special editions" section- as seen in "Time (magazine)" entry
"Staff" section- as seen in "Time (magazine)" entry; only editors are listed in "Essence (magazine)" entry
Discussion of connection to Playboy
Discussion of decision-making processes and the role of black women
Discussion of race relations in the office
Notes for improvement:
Add detail about white ownership
Add more information about current, updated state of circulation and business
Develop "Contents" section- include information about the magazine's biggest, most impactful covers, stories, and efforts
Develop "Awards" section- add winners of Black Women/Men in Hollywood awards
Develop "Activism" section- add more recent information about what the magazine is currently doing
Develop "History" section- include important highlights of the magazine's history
Add more external and related links to other entries about African American media
Add more media- pictures, videos, charts, and graphs of featured celebrities and figures and important facts and trendsYaa Harpo (talk) 22:35, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
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message: The founders of the magazine should be in the lead section
hyperlink the founders name within the wikipedia article to allow readers to read more about the history of essence 
expand on the impact black and white male patriarchy had on Essence
I think you should create a separate section about the cover history of Essence and how Essence’s covers have become influential to African Americans and America
Question:
How did the Essence expand from a publication to producing it’s own festival? 
Essence’s activism shouldn’t all be one paragraph 
Expand on each act of activism within separate paragraphs (ex: “Take Back the Music” and Young Women’s Leadership Conference)
Naomi Forbes (talk) 03:40, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
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message: I would definitely agree with the comments stated above about adding to the magazine's history. Maybe depute this generations acknowledgement Essence served to generations past as an outlet for the African American opinion/style/events. Allowing one to see through the history of its creation and publications what it did for the culture. 
-Having African American's on the cover more often than the usual mainstream magazine
-Articles written by Blacks for Blacks
-The magazine has done a great job at being a time capsule of black history from Prince to Barack & Michelle Obama.
The page as it stands gives a glimpse into an endless amount of information and acknowledgement that is to be told. 
I'm sure that you have kept all of this in mind. 
Also keeping in mind that the creators were men...many don't know that. How did this come about. How has the company change over the years business wise? 
Just things that i am interested in getting more information on that you could probably add. 
IndieAnna (talk) 04:44, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
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message: I would take out the award section. When pages include award sections it usually highlights the accomplishments of the topic. The award section on this page indicates the awards given out at the Essence festival not the accomplishments of Essence magazine. This page does a great job speaking through a neutral voice. Neutrality is the main premise of wikipedia. I think the article is broken down into appropriate secitios and sub-sections. However, I do believe there is room to indicuate other publication competitiors (publications that are  built around the same theme as Essence. A disccussion of its pilllars and how they connect with or influence how the black community is discussed. 
Violet Rose (talk) 13:25, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
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message: An article publish in 2017 in Essence magazine mistakenly says Anita Hill accused Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual assault.  Anita Hill did not accuse Clarence Thomas of sexual assault, she accused him of harassment. Please, this calls for serious fact checking of Essence magazines editorial oversight. Thank you. Nobs01 (talk) 01:30, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
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