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Kunle Falayi is a Nigerian award-winning investigative and data journalist with The Arizona Republic. He previously worked with Nigerian newspaper The Punch [1] and later BBC Africa as an investigative journalist and business reporter. [2]

Education

Falayi obtained a Bachelor's Degree in English & Literary Studies, in 2008, from the University of Ado Ekiti, now Ekiti State University.[ citation needed] In 2012, he began studying at the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, qualifying for a professional Diploma in 2013.[ citation needed] He received a Master's degree in industrial & Labour Relations from the University of Lagos, in 2015.[ citation needed] In 2021, Kunle Falayi received a fully funded scholarship to Columbia University, where he studied from 2021 to 2022, receiving a Master of Science in Data Journalism.[ citation needed] He attended the Thomson Foundation in London, in 2014.[ citation needed] There he trained in a 4-week Digital and Multi-media Communication course. [3]

Career

Kunle Falayi began his journalism journey as a young member of the National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, with a Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria station, Harmony FM, Idofian, Kwara State, Western Nigeria, as a News Editor.[ citation needed] He had a brief stint with Uniq FM, another radio station, in Ilesa, Osun State. There he worked as a Newscaster and Duty Continuity Announcer. He made a major move to the Punch Newspaper, in March 2011, and reported for Saturday Punch.[ citation needed] for over 7 years, covering various beats and reporting many human angle stories. [4] [5] [6] [7] He moved to the BBC Africa in 2018, working as a Broadcast Journalist. He covered Business at the West Africa Bureau. While at the BBC, he also did various reports, including the BBC Africa Eye documentary, Inside Nigeria's Kidnap Crisis [8] during which he was embedded into the Anti-kidnapping team, then led by Police Officer Aba Kyari to cover the team's operation. Currently, Falayi works with The Arizona Republic, a part of Gannett USA Today Network. he is a Data and housing insecurity reporter. [9] During his training at the Thomson Foundation in London, he had a brief attachment with The Telegraph, where he worked with the online education desk.

Awards

In 2014, Falayi emerged overall winner in the Promasidor Quill Awards, held in Lagos, after winning in three categories: Best Report on Water and Sanitation [Rotary Humanitarian Reporting Award], Education Reporter of The Year [Rotary Humanitarian Reporting Award], and Co-winner, Best Report On Children [10]. In 2017, he received the continental Zimeo Excellence in Media Awards, by the Africa Media Initiative, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He won in the Urban Development Reporting category. [11] with the story That Bottled Water May Quench Your Thirst Or Kill You. [12] [13] In 2018 he won in the Agriculture Reporting category at the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence [DAME] [14] with the entry "Rice farmers bemoan fate as 38 million hectares of land waste away". He was second runner-up at the 2015 Nigerian Academy of Science Award, in the Science Reporter of The Year category.[ citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Ojoye, Taiwo (22 November 2017). "Punch reporter wins continental award". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Kunle Falayi | The Arizona Republic". Azcentral. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Promasidor Has Written A New Chapter In My Life –2014 Quill Awards Winner | African Examiner". 16 September 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ Ojoye, Taiwo (17 September 2016). "That bottled water may quench your thirst or kill you (I)". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  5. ^ Ojoye, Taiwo (24 September 2016). "That bottled water may quench your thirst or kill you (II)". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  6. ^ Inyang, Ifreke (14 November 2012). "Lagos Police Commissioner sends journalist out of press briefing". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  7. ^ "We Asked For Better Weapons, Got Death Sentence – Condemned Soldier | Sahara Reporters". saharareporters.com. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  8. ^ "When BBC Africa Eye focuses on kidnapping in Nigeria - Daily Trust". Daily Trust. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  9. ^ "kunle falayi". pulitzercenter.org. 8 April 2024.
  10. ^ "The Punch's Falayi tops Promasidor Quill Award". Media Career Services. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Nine journalists honoured with African ZIMEO excellence in media awards". Monitor. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  12. ^ "TheCable reporter wins international media excellence award". 8 April 2024.
  13. ^ Ojoye, Taiwo (22 November 2017). "PUNCH reporter wins continental award". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  14. ^ "ICIR reporter wins DAME's investigative reporter of the year". 8 April 2024.
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