Stephanie Busari

Stephanie Busari (born 1977) 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]

Stephanie Busari
Born
Stephanie Kemi Busari

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

Education

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

Career
Busari interviews US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2021

Busari started her career at the now-defunct New Nation, a London-based newspaper, and then moved to the Daily Mirror.[5] She had a brief stint as a freelance journalist at 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 for which she was also the Hall of Fame Award, the recipient.[13][14] She was also awarded the African Woman of the year at the Pop Culture Africa Awards, 2022 for her outstanding strides on the global scene thereby inspiring the African woman.[15]

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 (13 April 2016). "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. Stephanie Busari; Kelly McCleary (6 May 2017). "82 Chibok schoolgirls released in Nigeria". CNN. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  4. "Stephanie Busari". LinkedIn. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  5. "Stephanie Busari heads Nigeria CNN office". Punch Newspapers. 26 July 2016. 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 (24 April 2017). "How fake news does real harm". TED. Retrieved 2019-12-14 – via YouTube.
  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.
  15. "PCAA 2022 #8211; Poptv Events Africa". poptveventsafrica.com.ng. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
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