| Summary: | Newspaper publisher Denise Rolark-Barnes was born in 1954, Washington, D.C. Her father, Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, Sr., in 1964, was the founder and the editor of The Washington Informer; her stepmother, Wilhelmina J. Rolark, was a politician and activist. After graduating from Howard University in 1976 with her B.A. degree in communications, Rolark-Barnes enrolled in the Howard University School of Law where she became editor of The Barrister and received her J.D. degree in 1979. In 1980, Rolark-Barnes joined the staff of The Washington Informer as the managing editor; and, in 1994, she took over as publisher and became director of The Washington Informer Charities. Rolark-Barnes was the executive producer of The Washington Informer News, a television news program; and the host of Reporter's Roundtable. In March of 2008, Rolark-Barnes was honored by the National Newspaper Publishers Association with the Chrysler Financial/National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation Entrepreneurial Award.
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