Danielle Belton, 43

Editor-in-chief, Huffpost New York, N.Y.

Prior to joining Huffpost in April,

Danielle Belton was the editor-in-chief of The Root, a digital magazine that provides commentary and news from a variety of Black perspectives.

Belton began her journalism career at the Bakersfield Californian, and later created and managed her own award-winning blog, The Black Snob, in 2007. She has written, edited, and contributed to numerous publications including thegrio, Essence, The Washington Post and The New York Times— as well as programming across NPR, PBS, CNN, ABC, and BET. At The Root, Belton served as the site’s youngest managing editor and first-ever editor-in-chief, and helped expand The Root’s profile, traffic, and corps of emerging writers.