On her LinkedIn profile, Miller lists herself as a contributing editor at Essence magazine, a freelancer and as CEO and president of My Mother's Child Productions, which she calls "The dream job ...

JET Magazine faced backlash in the JET Magazine Fantasia Barrino cover controversy, prompting an apology from Editor-in-Chief Mitzi Miller.

It comes as Johnson Publishing CEO Desiree Rogers is repositioning the Jet brand, "installing new voices and presiding over a new website," according to the outgoing editor, who resigned Tuesday.