Previously, she’s worked for Essence magazine. She was also nominated for the editor executive of the year in 2022 by the Drum Awards. While at Insider, McKenzie Lewis earned several journalism awards and recognition from the Los Angeles Press Club, GLAAD Media Awards along with the National Magazine Awards. Baker.Īlong with helping Black women tell their stories and reminding others to own their narratives, McKenzie Lewis is the deputy editor of entertainment at Insider, overseeing celebrity and entertainment coverage in the New York, Los Angeles and U.K. Her work also appears in Kasi Lemmons: Interviews, a collection of interviews highlighting the work of the esteemed Eve’s Bayou filmmaker, edited by Christina N. McKenzie Lewis also penned The Pursuit of Porsha: How I Grew Into My Power and Purpose, the memoir of The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams, out November 16. She later turned the book into a six-episode capsule podcast of the same name. McKenzie Lewis scored her book deal after sending 20 pages of her memoir to an editor for feedback, and that editor turned around and offered her a deal. She’s also the author of the critically-acclaimed period memoir, The Engagement Game, out now. Joi-Marie McKenzie Lewis is an Emmy Award-winning fifth-generation writer and editor.
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