Joanne Lipman
Journalist, editor and author
Joanne Lipman is an American journalist who was editor in chief of USA Today. She is the author of Next!, a book about reinvention in life and work.
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American Born 1961 in New Brunswick, United States
About Joanne Lipman
Joanne Lipman began her career as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and rose to deputy managing editor, the first woman to hold that post. She went on to be founding editor in chief of Conde Nast Portfolio, and later served as chief content officer at Gannett and editor in chief of USA Today. She lectures at Yale University and appears on CNBC as a contributor. Her books include the No. 1 bestseller That's What She Said and Next!, and she co-wrote the music memoir Strings Attached with Melanie Kupchynsky. Lipman has won the Matrix Award for women in communications. She lives in New York City with her husband.