Toluse Olorunnipa
Toluse Olorunnipa | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Stanford University(BA,MSc) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist; political commentator |
| Notable work | His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice |
| Website | toluse |
Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa(Toe-Loo Oh-lo-roo-NEE-pa;is aNigerian-Americanjournalist and political commentator. He is the first reporter of nativeAfricanandNigeriandescent to cover theWhite House.[1]OfYorubaheritage, Olorunnipa was named the White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post in July 2022.[2]
Education
[edit]Olorunnipa earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and MSc fromStanford University.[3]In college, Olorunnipa wrote forThe Stanford Daily.
Career
[edit]Olorunnipa writes forThe Washington Postand is an analyst forCNN.[4]He previously worked forBloomberg NewsandThe Miami Herald.[5][6][7]His columns have been featured inThe Wall Street Journal,The Chicago Tribune,Bloomberg Businessweek,The Tampa Bay Times,The Seattle Times,The Nation,and others.[8]He has been featured as a panelist onWashington WeekandFace the Nation,and frequently appears onCNN,MSNBC,CBS News,andC-SPANas a political analyst.
In 2022 he coauthored the biography aboutGeorge FloydHis Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justicewith journalistRobert Samuels.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^Omotayo, Joseph (2019-07-29)."Meet Toluse Olorunnipa, 1st Nigerian-reporter to cover White House".legit.ng.Retrieved2020-01-04.
- ^"Toluse Olorunnipa named White House bureau chief".Washington Post.ISSN0190-8286.Retrieved2022-07-27.
- ^"Washington Post hires Bloomberg's Olorunnipa".Talking Biz News.2019-01-24.Retrieved2020-01-04.
- ^"Washington Post hires Bloomberg's Olorunnipa".Talking Biz News.2019-01-24.Retrieved2020-03-10.
- ^Admin."Toluse Olorunnipa".Washington Post.Retrieved2020-01-04.
- ^Admin (16 August 2018)."Toluse Olorunnipa".pbs.org.Retrieved2020-01-04.
- ^"Toluse Olorunnipa".Washington Week.2018-08-16.Retrieved2020-03-10.
- ^"Toluse Olorunnipa - Dems weigh the cost of ambition".Jewish World Review.Retrieved2020-03-10.
- ^Joseph, Peniel E. (May 17, 2022)."Who Was George Floyd?".The New York Times.
- ^Mark Whitaker (2022-05-13)."A moving portrait of George Floyd, his struggles and his legacy".The Washington Post.Washington, D.C.ISSN0190-8286.OCLC1330888409.
External links
[edit]- Toluse OlorunnipaonTwitter
- Toluse Olorunnipain theInternet Movie Database
- Washington post profile of Toluse Olorunnipa
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- Living people
- 1986 births
- Nigerian emigrants to the United States
- Stanford University alumni
- American television reporters and correspondents
- Emmy Award winners
- CNN people
- American people of Yoruba descent
- Yoruba journalists
- African-American journalists
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people