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Stephanie Busari
Born
Stephanie Busari

(1977-08-12) August 12, 1977 (age 47)
Lagos, Nigeria
EducationLeeds Trinity University
OccupationJournalist

Stephanie Busari is a Nigerian Journalist notable for exclusively obtaining the ‘proof of life’ video[1][2] 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.[3]

Education

Busari studied French and Public Media at the Leeds Trinity University and thereafter attended the University of Rennes for an Advanced Diploma Program.[4]

Career

Busari started her career at the now rested New Nation, a London-based newspaper and then moved to the Daily Mirror.[5] 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.[6][7][8] In 2015, Busari was part of the 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.[9][10] Busari's 2017 TED talk on "How fake news does real harm," has been viewed over a million times and the transcript translated to over 37 languages.[11]

Awards

Busari is a 2016 recipient of the Divas of Colour International Women’s Awards' for Global Leadership.[12] She made the inaugural global list of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in the year 2017 in which she was also a Hall of Fame Award, recipient.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ Proof of life for some kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, retrieved 2019-11-29
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ CNN, Stephanie Busari and Kelly McCleary. "82 Chibok schoolgirls released in Nigeria". CNN. Retrieved 2019-11-29. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Stephanie Busari". LinkedIn. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  5. ^ Published. "Stephanie Busari heads Nigeria CNN office". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  6. ^ "Stephanie Busari". AWiM19. 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  7. ^ "I want to change negative reports about Africa – Stephanie BuSari". The Sun Nigeria. 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  8. ^ "CNN Goes Multi-platform in Nigeria". WarnerMedia. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  9. ^ "Stephanie Busari: What Happens When Real News Is Dismissed As Fake?". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  10. ^ "Stephanie Busari". UNESCO. 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  11. ^ Busari, Stephanie, How fake news does real harm, retrieved 2019-12-14
  12. ^ "Divas of colour 2016 award finalists – MBW PR". Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  13. ^ MIPAD, Segun (2019-03-08). "MIPAD celebrates her own on International Women's Day". MIPAD Blog. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  14. ^ MIPAD, Segun (2018-09-03). "MIPAD host Class of 2018 at Nigeria Stock Exchange". MIPAD Blog. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
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