Damilola Banjo
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
PassBlue,
MSN UK,
BBC,
Al Jazeera English,
France 24,
France 24 (Français),
Premium Times,
AllAfrica,
EIN News,
Sahara Reporters,
Daily Trust
and
Covers:
Education, health, and social justice
Investigative Journalist || 🎖️Emmy nominee || 🎓 @columbiajourn || Building @karahousemedia || ✍️ @pass_blue || Arit Okpo stan account.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
I reported the courts in Lagos, Nigeria
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
I don't have one
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To tell stories that would rather not be told.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes. I published a weekly bulletin.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Be ready to do the work
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
I am the one doing the submitting most of the time.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
On my bed really. I love to sleep.
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
People think there is a lot of money in doing an investigation.
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