Toluse Olorunnipa
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Born | Nigeria | December 21, 1986
Alma mater | Stanford University (BA, MSc) |
Website | toluse.com |
Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa (Toe-Loo Oh-lo-roo-NEE-pa; born December 21, 1986) is a Nigerian-American journalist and political commentator. He is the first reporter of native African and Nigerian descent to cover the White House.[1]
Education[]
Olorunnipa earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and MSc from Stanford University.[2] In college, Olorunnipa wrote for The Stanford Daily.
Career[]
Olorunnipa writes for The Washington Post and is an analyst for CNN.[3] He previously worked for Bloomberg News and The Miami Herald.[4][5][6][7] His columns have been featured in The 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 on Washington Week and Face the Nation, and frequently appears on CNN, MSNBC, CBS News, and C-SPAN as a political analyst.
References[]
- ^ Omotayo, Joseph (2019-07-29). "Meet Toluse Olorunnipa, 1st Nigerian-reporter to cover White House". www.legit.ng. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
- ^ "Washington Post hires Bloomberg's Olorunnipa". Talking Biz News. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
- ^ "Washington Post hires Bloomberg's Olorunnipa". Talking Biz News. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ Admin. "Toluse Olorunnipa". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Admin. "Toluse Olorunnipa". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Toluse Olorunnipa | CNN, The Washington Post Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
- ^ "Toluse Olorunnipa". Washington Week. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ Review, Jewish World. "Toluse Olorunnipa - Dems weigh the cost of ambition". Jewish World Review. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
External links[]
- Toluse Olorunnipa on Twitter
- Toluse Olorunnipa in the Internet Movie Database
- Washington post profile of Toluse Olorunnipa
- 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