Samantha Barry on Clubhouse

Bio

Media executive. Editor-in-Chief at Glamour, Previously CNN & BBC

Professional Bio

Samantha Barry is the editor-in-chief of Glamour where she oversees content, development, and consumer experiences across the brand’s digital, social, video, and print verticals. Under her leadership, Glamour emphasizes a digital-first focus on original reporting, exclusive features, and unique perspectives impacting women today across financial, interpersonal, fashion, beauty, wellness, and political topics.

Barry has transformed the annual Women of the Year Awards into an inspirational multi-day event, celebrating Glamour’s diverse community of women through a series of rewarding experiences, empowering panels, discussions, hands-on activations, and keynotes.

Prior to joining Glamour Barry served as executive producer for social and emerging media at CNN Worldwide. Under her leadership at CNN, the network became the most followed and fanned news organization in the world. She spearheaded the organization’s 2016 election coverage across social platforms, which received the first ever Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in social media.

Barry joined CNN from BBC World News in London, where she served as a TV producer and journalist, focusing on using social media as a tool for both news gathering and audience building.
Previously, Barry worked as a reporter and producer for RTE and Newstalk in Ireland. She spent time in Papua New Guinea with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and has worked as a social media and technology trainer for the U.S. State Department, the United States Institute of Peace and Internews.

Born in Ireland, Barry has worked in more than 25 countries, reporting and training other journalists in broadcasting, technology and social media.

Barry graduated from Dublin City University with a Masters in Journalism. She is a 2016 fellow of Columbia University School’s Sulzberger executive program and is a guest lecturer at Yale