Toluse Olorunnipa

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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.com

Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa (Toe-Loo Oh-lo-roon-NEE-pa) 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] Of Yoruba heritage, Olorunnipa was named the White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post in July 2022. [2]

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Education

Olorunnipa earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and MSc from Stanford University. [3] In college, Olorunnipa wrote for The Stanford Daily .

Career

Olorunnipa writes for The Washington Post and is an analyst for CNN. [4] He previously worked for Bloomberg News and The Miami Herald. [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.

In 2022 he coauthored the biography about George Floyd His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice with journalist Robert Samuels [9] [10] . The book was a finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction [11] and the winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction [12] .

References

  1. ↑ Omotayo, Joseph (2019-07-29). "Meet Toluse Olorunnipa, 1st Nigerian-reporter to cover White House". www.legit.ng. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Toluse Olorunnipa named White House bureau chief". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  3. ↑ "Washington Post hires Bloomberg's Olorunnipa". Talking Biz News. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  4. ↑ "Washington Post hires Bloomberg's Olorunnipa". Talking Biz News. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  5. ↑ Admin. "Toluse Olorunnipa". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  6. ↑ Admin (16 August 2018). "Toluse Olorunnipa". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  7. ↑ "Toluse Olorunnipa". Washington Week. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  8. ↑ "Toluse Olorunnipa - Dems weigh the cost of ambition". Jewish World Review. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  9. ↑ Joseph, Peniel E. (May 17, 2022). "Who Was George Floyd?". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ Mark Whitaker (2022-05-13). "A moving portrait of George Floyd, his struggles and his legacy". The Washington Post . Washington, D.C. ISSN   0190-8286. OCLC   1330888409.
  11. ↑ "Robert Samuels". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  12. ↑ Nguyen, Sophia (2023-05-08). "'Trust' and 'His Name Is George Floyd' among 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
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