Ex-MSNBC Host Melissa Harris-Perry Joins Elle as Editor-at-Large

Former MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry has officially moved on to Elle, where it was announced today she’ll be working as editor-at-large.

Harris-Perry tweeted out the news earlier tonight:

Thrilled to announce I am the new editor-at-large at https://t.co/yh3CUj7lSG: https://t.co/3iiH3QzCxB

— Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) April 18, 2016

https://t.co/yh3CUj7lSG is already producing smart and important reporting about women of color in the U.S. Honored to join their team.

— Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) April 18, 2016

My work for https://t.co/yh3CUj7lSG will focus on issues of race & gender, primarily through telling the stories of women & girls of color

— Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) April 18, 2016

And she already has her first piece up, an examination of the HBO Anita Hill film Confirmation and what she saw as a missed opportunity for the movie to highlighting the voices of black feminists at the time.

[featured image via MSNBC]

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