Keija Minor | |
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Born | April 24, 1972 |
Education |
University of Massachusetts Amherst (BA) Howard University (JD) |
Occupation | Magazine editor |
Keija C. Minor [1] (born April 24, 1972) [2] [3] is an African-American magazine editor and former lawyer. From 2012 to 2017, she was editor-in-chief of Condé Nast weddings magazine Brides, becoming the first African-American to hold the editor-in-chief title at Condé Nast.
Minor grew up in Harvard, Massachusetts, and attended the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, [4] then Howard University Law School, where she graduated in 1999. [5]
Minor practiced corporate law for four years before moving to magazines, [6] first joining Travel Savvy where she eventually became editor-in-chief. She also worked for Los Angeles Confidential, then as editor-in-chief of Gotham from 2005 to 2007 and Uptown (2008 to 2011) [7] before joining Condé Nast. [8] Minor became executive editor of Brides, the world's largest weddings publication, [9] in 2011, [10] then acting editor-in-chief when previous editor-in-chief Anna Fulenwider moved to Marie Claire; the promotion became permanent in November 2012. [11] This made Minor the first African-American to hold the editor-in-chief title in Condé Nast's then-103-year history. [12] At Brides, Minor oversaw the expansion of the publication into commercial endeavors, [13] including making editors from the magazine available for hire as private consultants to individual brides. [14]
In 2013, The Grio named Minor to its Grio 100 list, citing her "breaking Conde Nast's color barrier at Brides." [15]
Minor resigned from Condé Nast in 2017. [16]
Keija Minor | |
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Born | April 24, 1972 |
Education |
University of Massachusetts Amherst (BA) Howard University (JD) |
Occupation | Magazine editor |
Keija C. Minor [1] (born April 24, 1972) [2] [3] is an African-American magazine editor and former lawyer. From 2012 to 2017, she was editor-in-chief of Condé Nast weddings magazine Brides, becoming the first African-American to hold the editor-in-chief title at Condé Nast.
Minor grew up in Harvard, Massachusetts, and attended the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, [4] then Howard University Law School, where she graduated in 1999. [5]
Minor practiced corporate law for four years before moving to magazines, [6] first joining Travel Savvy where she eventually became editor-in-chief. She also worked for Los Angeles Confidential, then as editor-in-chief of Gotham from 2005 to 2007 and Uptown (2008 to 2011) [7] before joining Condé Nast. [8] Minor became executive editor of Brides, the world's largest weddings publication, [9] in 2011, [10] then acting editor-in-chief when previous editor-in-chief Anna Fulenwider moved to Marie Claire; the promotion became permanent in November 2012. [11] This made Minor the first African-American to hold the editor-in-chief title in Condé Nast's then-103-year history. [12] At Brides, Minor oversaw the expansion of the publication into commercial endeavors, [13] including making editors from the magazine available for hire as private consultants to individual brides. [14]
In 2013, The Grio named Minor to its Grio 100 list, citing her "breaking Conde Nast's color barrier at Brides." [15]
Minor resigned from Condé Nast in 2017. [16]