Stephanie Busari is a Nigerian journalist and editor at CNN International, and fans are keen to know the family details of the Nigerian journalist.
Stephanie Busari is a Nigerian journalist who is best known for acquiring the missing Chibok schoolgirls’ ‘proof of life’ video in the aftermath of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, which led to negotiations with Boko Haram and the release of over 100 of the kidnapped schoolgirls.
Busari won the Divas of Color International Women’s Awards for Global Leadership in 2016. In 2017, she was named to the inaugural global list of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), as well as a recipient of the Hall of Fame Award.
She also reports for CNN International and oversaw the network’s coverage of the 2019 Nigeria presidential election.
Who Is Stephanie Busari From Nigeria?
Stephanie Busari is a Nigerian journalist and CNN Worldwide editor. She studied French and Public Media at Trinity and All Saints College in Leeds before enrolling in an Advanced Diploma Program at the University of Rennes.
Busari began her career at the now-defunct New Nation newspaper in London before moving on to the Daily Mirror.
She worked as a freelance journalist for BBC News for a short time before joining CNN in 2008 and moving to Lagos, Nigeria in 2016 to oversee CNN’s first digital and multi-platform bureau.
Busari was part of the team that won a Peabody Award for CNN’s coverage of the missing Nigerian schoolgirls in 2015 and received a Hollywood Gracie Award and the Outstanding Woman in the Media Award in 2017 for her extensive coverage of the missing Nigerian schoolgirls.
Stephanie Busari Family Details & Job Details Explored
Stephanie Busari was born on August 12, 1977, in Lagos, Nigeria. She has a 12-year-old daughter named Grace Busari in her family. She is the chief of CNN’s Nigeria bureau, the first digital and multiplatform bureau in the country.
Stephanie Busari’s mother died recently due to multiple illnesses. She has not disclosed the details of the illness to the public. Stephanie posted a tribute post on her Instagram dedicated to her late mother.
Stephanie is in charge of CNN Africa’s digital editorial and operational strategy, which includes developing a new narrative for the continent and profiling its changemakers and innovators.
Meet Stephanie Busari On Instagram
Stephanie Busari is active on Instagram under the handle @stephbusari. She has collected over 25.2k followers on her account.
She is not hesitant to show people her lifestyle and fashion choices. She regularly posts about her family and friends on her Instagram account.
Busari’s TED talk from 2017 on “How Fake News Causes Real Harm” has been seen over a million times, and the transcript has been translated into 37 languages.