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Ebony Magazine's February 2012 "Red Tails" Issue Cover Celebration

At Ebony and Jet, Desiree Rogers Is Keeping up with the Johnsons

With only twenty months on the job as CEO of Johnson Publishing—home of Ebony and Jet —former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers had about as much magazine experience as the second-year j-school students she addressed at Columbia University Thursday night.

“The first year was extremely intense,” Ms. Rogers told students assembled for the year’s final Delacorte Lecture. “I learned to love my new friend, Pepto Bismal tablets.” Read More