Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University

Faculty Profile

Cora Daniels

Cora Daniels is an author and award-winning journalist. She was a staff writer at Fortune magazine for almost a decade. She currently is a contributing writer at Fast Company and at Essence, where she writes for both magazines regularly, and is also a contributing editor at Men's Fitness where she edits the magazine's new workplace section. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, O: The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, Heart & Soul, and Savoy among others. She is the author of Black Power Inc. (John Wiley and Sons, 2004) and GHETTONATION (Doubleday, 2007). A sought after expert on diversity and business issues she has served as a commentator on ABC News, CNN, CNBC, BET, NPR, Fox News, and the Charlie Rose Show. Daniels began her career as a newspaper journalist and has also been an editor at Working Mother magazine. She has a BA from Yale University and an MS from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Daniels is a native New Yorker and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two young children.