View on Zencastr Eugenia Abu is a distinguished broadcaster, author, media consultant, and one of Nigeria’s finest broadcasters and compères renowned for anchoring the 9:00 pm news on the Nigerian Television Authority for seventeen years. In episode 24 of Her Media Diary podcast, Dr Yemisi Akinbobola had the honour of speaking with Eugenia Abu, a…
View on Zencastr For our recent Her Media Diary Podcast, Episode 20, Dr Yemisi Akinbobola, the co-founder of AWiM, had an insightful conversation with gender and discourse studies scholar Prof. Lilian Lem Atanga. Professor Atanga, whose research interests lie at the intersection of language, gender, politics, and the media in African contexts, is an Associate Professor…
View on Zencastr Marverine Cole is a multi-award-winning broadcaster and journalist with over 30 years of experience working as a reporter and news anchor for the UK’s leading media stations including the BBC She has produced several radio documentaries, including Black Girls Don’t Cry which earned her ‘Journalist of the Year’ at the Mind Media Awards in…
In this episode of Her Media Diary with Josephine Mahachi, journalist at Deutsche Welle, we talk conquering fears, perseverance, support systems and strength. Growing up in a family where the girl child played second fiddle to the boy child, she defied all odds and self-sponsored herself into Journalism school. Her determination and the inspiration…
“If we focus less on leaving a good impression and focus more on presenting the best impression of who we are, we stand a chance of then giving people the truest, most authentic picture of ourselves”. Arit Okpo, is a television presenter, voice over artist, documentary filmmaker, TV producer, and current host of CNN African…
It was a privilege to interview the writer, performer, and advocate Bassey Ikpi for the third episode of #HerMediaDiary podcast. We talk writing, finding yourself and mental health. Bassey talks about her diagnosis of bipolar and her journey in developing a successful career. This interview was recorded in October 2018, and since then her book ‘I’m Telling the…
