World Press Freedom Day 2018

Stephanie Busari is a journalist and editor at CNN International. She moved to Lagos from London in July 2016 to pioneer CNN's first digital and multiplatform bureau. She also reports on-air in breaking news situations for CNN International. 

Stephanie oversees CNN Africa's digital's editorial and operational strategy and is passionate about crafting a new narrative for African storytelling and using digital tools to achieve that. 

She has won multiple awards in her 15 year career and in April 2016 exclusively obtained the ‘proof of life’ video that showed that the missing Chibok schoolgirls were still alive. 

She was also an instrumental member of the CNN team that won a Peabody Award in May 2015 for the network’s coverage of the missing Nigerian schoolgirls. Stephanie won a Gracie Award in 2017 for her persistence in covering this story is also a previous recipient of the Outstanding Woman in the Media Awards. 

A passionate and adept public speaker, Stephanie is regularly invited to share her insights and host panels; She has spoken at TED, UN Women, Said Business School, Oxford, Africa Gathering among others.