Stephanie Busari

Stephanie Busari
Born
Stephanie Kemi Busari

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

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 more than 100 of the kidnapped schoolgirls.[3]

Education

Stephanie 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 more than a million times and the transcript translated to more than 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][1]

References

  1. ^ Proof of life for some kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, retrieved 29 November 2019
  2. ^ Busari, Stephanie; Nima Elbagir; Sebastiaan Knoops (13 April 2016). "Nigeria's missing girls: 'Proof of life?'". CNN. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. ^ Busari, Stephanie; Kelly McCleary (6 May 2017). "82 Chibok schoolgirls released in Nigeria". CNN. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Stephanie Busari". LinkedIn. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Stephanie Busari heads Nigeria CNN office". Punch Newspapers. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Stephanie Busari". AWiM19. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  7. ^ "I want to change negative reports about Africa – Stephanie BuSari". The Sun Nigeria. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  8. ^ "CNN Goes Multi-platform in Nigeria". WarnerMedia. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Stephanie Busari: What Happens When Real News Is Dismissed As Fake?". NPR.org. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Stephanie Busari". UNESCO. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  11. ^ Busari, Stephanie (24 April 2017). "How fake news does real harm". TED. Retrieved 14 December 2019 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ "Divas of colour 2016 award finalists – MBW PR". 20 January 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  13. ^ MIPAD, Segun (8 March 2019). "MIPAD celebrates her own on International Women's Day". MIPAD Blog. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  14. ^ MIPAD, Segun (3 September 2018). "MIPAD host Class of 2018 at Nigeria Stock Exchange". MIPAD Blog. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  15. ^ "PCAA 2022 #8211; Poptv Events Africa". poptveventsafrica.com.ng. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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