Type | Weekly paper |
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Owner(s) | Diamond Diaspora Media |
Editor | Tracy Dornelly |
Founded | 2012 |
Website | atlantablackstar |
The Atlanta Black Star is the largest black-owned digital publication in the United States. The publication is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and focuses on the African American perspective on politics. [1] It was founded in 2012 by Neil "Jelani" Nelson, Tracy Dornelly, and Andre Moore. [2] The site has over 14 million [3] monthly unique visitors. [4]
Media outlets such as Yahoo News , [5] The Washington Post , [6] The New York Times , [7] Heavy.com , [8] and The Daily Dot [9] have republished or cited the contents of the Atlanta Black Star. The site is part of a partnership program with Facebook. [10]