Stephanie Busari
Stephanie Busari | |
|---|---|
| Born | Stephanie Busari August 12, 1977 |
| Education | Leeds Trinity University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Stephanie Busari is a Nigerian Journalist notable for making the inaugural global list of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in the year 2017 in which she was also Hall of Fame Award, Recipient.[1][2] She is also notable for exclusively obtaining the ‘proof of life’ video[3] [4] for the missing Chibok schoolgirls in the wake of the Bring Back Our Girls advocacy which led to negotiations with Boko Haram that resulted in the release of over 100 of the kidnapped schoolgirls.[5]
Education
Busari studied French and Public Media at the Leeds Trinity University and thereafter attended the University of Rennes for an Advanced Diploma Program.[6]
Career
Busari started her career at the now rested New Nation, a London-based newspaper and then moved to the Daily Mirror.[7] She had a brief stint as a freelance journalist at the BBC News before she moved to CNN in 2008 and relocated to Lagos, Nigeria in 2016 to lead CNN's first digital and multi-platform bureau.[8] [9] [10] In 2015, Busari's team that won a Peabody Award for the CNN's coverage of the missing Nigerian schoolgirls and in 2017, she won a Hollywood Gracie Award and the Outstanding Woman in the Media Awards for her deep coverage of the missing Nigerian schoolgirls.[11] [12]
References
- ^ MIPAD, Segun (2019-03-08). "MIPAD celebrates her own on International Women's Day". MIPAD Blog. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ MIPAD, Segun (2018-09-03). "MIPAD host Class of 2018 at Nigeria Stock Exchange". MIPAD Blog. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ Proof of life for some kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, retrieved 2019-11-29
- ^ Knoops, CNN EXCLUSIVE REPORTING by Stephanie Busari, Nima Elbagir and Sebastiaan. "Nigeria's missing girls: 'Proof of life?'". CNN. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ CNN, Stephanie Busari and Kelly McCleary. "82 Chibok schoolgirls released in Nigeria". CNN. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Stephanie Busari". LinkedIn. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ Published. "Stephanie Busari heads Nigeria CNN office". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ "Stephanie Busari". AWiM19. 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ "I want to change negative reports about Africa – Stephanie BuSari". The Sun Nigeria. 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ "CNN Goes Multi-platform in Nigeria". WarnerMedia. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ "Stephanie Busari: What Happens When Real News Is Dismissed As Fake?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- ^ "Stephanie Busari". UNESCO. 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2019-11-29.