Adrienne Samuels Gibbs

Adrienne Samuels Gibbs is an award-winning, Chicago-based, entertainment and culture journalist whose work appears in Fortune, Forbes, Marie Claire and Netflix. She is the author of Def Comedy Jam All-Stars Collector’s Edition; an editor at large for The Triibe; and the former director of Content for Medium dot com. Adrienne’s career started with her work as a reporter at The Miami Herald and The St. Pete Times before moving to the Boston Globe for her mid career reportage and narrative work. She returned to her hometown of Chicago to become the senior editor and eventually the EIC of Ebony magazine and then a columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times and a frequent host for NPR’s Chicago station, WBEZ-91.5 FM. 

From Chicago, Adrienne held many titles at Medium, including Director of Content, director of Multicultural and Director of Creator Growth. While at Medium, Adrienne was the creator and editor in chief of Momentum, Stop Asian Hate and ZORA. She worked with hundreds of writers and is particularly proud of her work in the astrology, religion and race spaces.

Adrienne’s freelance career has seen her working as both a writer and an editor for magazine, digital and book projects. She provides voiceover work when requested. Her clients include The New York Times T Brand Studio, Netflix, Northwestern University magazine, Chicago magazine, the National Council of Teachers of English Council Chronical magazine, Subaru, Bank of the West, Pitchfork, Essence, Braven, The Pivot Fund, Family Circle.

Cover Stories:  Taraji P. Henson, George Lucas, Chance the Rapper, Diddy, Viola Davis, Russell Simmons, Chief Keef, Ludacris, Chris Brown, Attica Locke, Mary Mary, Nina Yang Bongiovi and Queen Latifah. Denzel Washington, President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston.