Yemisi Akinbobola
Yemisi Akinbobola | |
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 Yemisi Akinbobola, founder, African Women in the Media. | |
| Education | University of Maiduguri Birmingham City University |
| Occupation(s) | Media Entrepreneur Journalist |
Yemisi Akinbobola is a Nigerian media entrepreneur, academic, and co-winner of the CNN African Journalist Award 2016 in sports reporting. She is the co-founder of African Women in the Media group, which was established to foster the needs of female African media content producers. She studied Creative Arts at the University of Maiduguri and had her Masters in Media Production from Birmingham City University, where she subsequently gained her PhD in Media and Cultural Studies. She later became a visiting lecturer and researcher at the same university. She completed an internship with CNN, and during this period she set up IQ4News. The news platform was recognized for an investigation into the trafficking of young, West African soccer players by fake agents. She formed Stringers Africa—an organization that started from her difficulties recruiting African journalist for her freelance job. Akinbobola has freelanced for publications like United Nations Africa Renewal magazine.[1]
Background and education
[edit]Yemisi is a Nigerian born media entrepreneur and the co-founder of African Women in the Media[2] from Akure, Ondo state.[1] She had her first degree in Creative Arts from the University of Maiduguri. She obtained her Master in Media and Cultural Studies and PhD in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham.
Career
[edit]Yemisi was co-winner of the CNN African Journalist Award 2016 for "sport reporting" at the "CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Award" in Johannesburg.[3] The award was jointly won with Ogechi Ekeanyanwu, a reporter for Premium Newspaper, and Paul Bradshaw of IQ4News.[4] The award was made for her Investigative journalism of fake sports agents and their impact on Nigerian players.[5] She has worked as a freelance writer for the United Nations' Africa Renewal magazine.[6][7] She is the founder of Stringer Africa, a media organization focusing on bridging the existing gap[clarification needed] of freelance journalists in Africa media industry.[2] In 2010, Yemisi founded IQ4NeWs to create a platform for African journalists, bloggers, citizens and experts to tell stories from an African perspective.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Olatunji, Kehinde. "Media organisations should put structures in place to support their female staff". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Dr. Yemisi Akinbobola". Birmingham City, School of Media. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ Mungai, Njambi. "Dr Yemisi Akinbobola on women being visible in their area of expertise - Evewoman". www.standardmedia.co.ke. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ Joshua, Olufemi. "Nigeria: Premium Times Journalists, One Other Nigerian Win CNN Multichoice African Journalists Awards". All Africa. Premium Times. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ Bradshaw, Paul. "How we did it: investigating Nigerian football agents". Online Journalism Blog. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "Africa wired / Africa watch". Africa Renewal. 25 (4): 24–26. 2011-12-31. doi:10.18356/cf3b37c6-en. ISSN 2517-9829.
- ^ Ighobor, Kingsley. Africa Renewal at 25: Keeping up with a dynamic continent. OCLC 1032586205.
- ^ Arthurs, Caerolynn (2015-01-07). "IQ4News launches $11,864 Kickstarter campaign to In Africa". TechMoran. Retrieved 2019-07-23.