Sandister Tei
Sandister Tei | |
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.jpg) Sandister in 2019 | |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Awards | Wikimedian of the Year |
Sandister Tei is a Ghanaian Wikimedian and journalist. She is a founding member of the Wikimedia Ghana User Group and is the 2020 Wikimedian of the Year.
Education
Sandister is an alumna of the University of Ghana, where she studied geography,[1] and of Cardiff University where she undertook an MA in international journalism on a Tullow Group scholarship.[2]
Career
In 2017, she was a media journalist working in Accra.[3]
She has worked for Citi FM, Al Jazeera Media Network and Joy FM.[2]
Wikimedia activity
She is a founding member of the Wikimedia Ghana User Group.[4]
She participated in the 2019 Wikimedia Summit in Berlin.[5]
She was named the Wikimedian of the Year on October 15, 2020 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales in a live YouTube and Facebook broadcast.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ Knott, Stacey (1 February 2017). "Ghana's Purple People". Folks. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ a b "TGSS Alumni". tgssalumnigroup.org. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ Boakye-Yiadom, Nana (8 February 2016). "Student journalists dig into data after Journoshop II". Ghana News.
- ^ "Discussions and planning for a Ghanaian Wikimedia chapter". Diff. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Ghanaians participate in Global Wikimedia summit in Germany". Graphic Online. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ Wikimedian of the Year 2020. Wikimedia Foundation. October 15, 2020. Event occurs at 8:10.
- ^ "Meet the 2020 Wikimedian of the Year: Sandister Tei". Diff. Wikimedia Foundation. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ Wales, Jimmy (15 October 2020). "Celebrating the people who go above and beyond to build free knowledge: Meet our 2020 Wikimedian…". Medium. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
External links
Media related to Sandister Tei at Wikimedia Commons
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