Discover Top Reporters / Journalist in Lagos, Nigeria

My name is Quadri Taiwo, i am a documentary Cinematographer and video journalist with a passion for storytelling with a strong background in broadcast journalism. I have a keen eye for capturing compelling stories that bring attention to important issues. I am currently bootstrapping my media startup, Take 2 Africa, where I research, do character research into stories, pitch story ideas to commissioners, shoot, and edit television content. I am a well-rounded and versatile cinematographer and editor, having honed my skills in a range of productions, from news gathering, field, and studio productions. My expertise in visual composition has enabled me to bring life to even the most static of subjects, and my attention to detail and hand-eye coordination have allowed me to capture dynamic shots that tell creative stories in crowded environments, such as political rallies and football stadiums. I worked as a cinematographer for WHISPER TV, UK on the exploits of the Super Falcons of Nigeria during the All Roads Lead Down Under Documentary. I filmed behind the scenes as teams from all over the globe try to secure their qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. i also work as a freelance video journalist for Al Jazeera, AFP, TRT, DW, and VOA https://www.plus.fifa.com/en/player/6ac9301c-572f-4456-9d4a-9d693ce46ea5?catalogId=884cefcd -11fe-44a6-b583-36e14b43a7ac&entryPoint=Slider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH0JMf4aAJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWCfmp16n-s https://www.barrons.com/news/nigerian-artist-turns-old-soles-into-mosaic-portraits-01671454208 https://youtu.be/koXNDAfnuRohttps://tiin.vn/chuyen-muc/song/bien-dep-tong-cu-thanh-tranh-tuon g.html

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Digital Content Creator
• Field Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Fixer
• Full-Service Live Production
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Content Strategist
• Production Company
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• TV News Producer
• Event Photographer

I am a journalist, filmmaker and international production specialist. An avid storyteller for broadcast, print and online, photographs or sources images, sound bites and video for multimedia production. Displays the ability to write and/or produce or photograph and film balanced, informative and exciting stories that give all involved parties the opportunity to have their say. Akpet works well with other journalists, photographers and videographers, and loves collaborating on extensive, in-depth photography and film projects. Akpet is well-travelled across Africa and understands the continent’s vast terrains.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Corporate Videographer
• On-Camera Talent
• Digital Content Creator
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• Fixer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• TV News Producer

Hi there! I'm a writer and producer and artist based in Lagos. I have eight years of journalism experience and my work focuses on feminism, innovation, and representation within Nigeria and the diaspora. I have produced documentaries in Nigeria and Malawi about women's protest, people living with HIV, and more. My writing and production work has also appeared in Al Jazeera, Vogue Italia, and more.

• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Field Producer

Kelechukwu Iruoma is an award-winning Nigerian freelance journalist covering environment, education, agriculture, politics, conflict, health, and other development issues in Nigeria. He is passionate about the sustainable development goals. His works have been published by News Deeply, The Fish Site, African Arguments, YourCommonwealth, Ripples Nigeria, This Is Africa, among others. He is a reporting fellow of the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ), International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) and Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Civic Lab and Christian Aid/Nigeria Health Watch.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer

I am a Nigerian journalist with more than 10 years professional newsroom experience. I am versed on all things Africa - business, politics, culture, and tech. My experience has been with TV stations focused on Nigerian and pan-African news. I have worked as a news producer, bulletin editor and news production team lead and can be contacted for commentary and visual storytelling on Nigerian and African topics (excluding sports). Here is my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillarynnoruka

• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• TV News Producer
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

The world views my country as a developing one, sometimes... in the midst of our struggles to get to that level of development, we are caught off guard and forget to look pretty and smile for the camera. At that point, we might look ugly, defocused and distorted. It is that image that the world sees and judges us on. I am Dan Ikpoyi, an aspiring Filmmaker and a storyteller. A Broadcast journalist with a proven track record. I like to tell every kind of story that helps to change negative perception.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Drone Operator
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Ope Adetayo is a freelance journalist and writer based in Lagos, Nigeria. His work — features, essays, reviews, and interviews — focus majorly on minority groups and social development but he is open to any field. His work which have been published in English and French have appeared in Al Jazeera, VICE, African Arguments, The Republic, Minority Africa, Africaisacountry, Sahelien, Humangle, The Stockholm Review of Literature, and elsewhere. He was longlisted for One World Media Print Award 2021.

• Reporter / Journalist

Orji Sunday is one of Nigeria's most accomplished freelance multimedia journalist. He regularly contributes to CNN, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Independent, TRT World, Mongabay, Vice, Arte and many other local publications. He works effectively in a verity of roles within the media space, including as a text journalist, Producer, Fixer, text editor and researcher. A loveable team player, Orji has concentrated his reporting on climate change, conflicts in the Sahara of Africa, biodiversity conservation, wildlife crimes, human rights for minority, economy and politics.

• Reporter / Journalist

Wana Udobang is a storyteller whose work exists in writing and film. She covers culture and the arts. She has worked with the BBC, Aljazeera, The Guardian, Observer and TRT World. She has received the International Reporting Project(IRP) Fellowship, IWMF Great Lakes Reporting Fellowship, and the Gabriel Garcia Marquez Fellowship in Cultural Journalism. Udobang’s video works include; Nylon, Warriors and the archival project Culture Diaries.

• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer

Festus Iyorah is a Nigeria Freelance Journalist and photographer covering Global Health, Conflicts, Religion, Social Innovation, Gender Equality, Tech and Development. His works have been published on Aljazeera, Guardian (UK), Mail and Guardian, Newsdeeply, Ozy, Sojourners, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Religion News Service and World Politics Review among others. Twitter handle: @Festusiyorah1

• Reporter / Journalist

Valentine Iwenwanne (@valentineiwen) is a Nigeria-based travel journalist and photographer with interests in development journalsm, global health, social justice and the environment. His reports has appeared in Ozy, The National, Vice World News, Sojourners, etc. He's also Africa Correspondent for Retreading Business publishing in the UK.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Field Producer

Journalist and filmmaker in Nigeria. I have done extensive fixing work for BBC UK. I have experience making documentary films, with one mini-doc ending up on Al Jazeera.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Senior Editor

Multimedia Journalist

• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Social Media Producer

Writer, Editor, Journalist.

• Copy Editor
• Copywriter
• Reporter / Journalist
• Social Media Producer

Linus Unah is a Nigerian journalist. His work has been published in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, IRIN News, the Christian Science Monitor, NPR, among others. He writes about global health, conflict, agriculture and development.

• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist

Oluwatosin Adeshokan is a freelance journalist in West Africa writing about development, conflict, finance and everything in between. He has been published on OZY, Quartz, PRI and Popula

• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Audio Storyteller
• Fixer

Kemi Falodun is a Nigerian writer and journalist. Her writing explores mental health, culture, social justice, and science and technology.

• Reporter / Journalist

Joshua Chizoma is a journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria. He is the 2020 winner of the Awele Creative Trust Short Story Prize.

• Reporter / Journalist

Hi there! I'm Maggie. I'm a freelance photojournalist, reporter, and video producer based in Lagos, Nigeria. When reporting, I focus on intersections between human rights, healthcare, migration, and the changing environment. I've reported from across Africa, Palestine, Italy, and the United States. I've been published by VICE World News, Reuters, The Telegraph, The Lily/Washington Post, Mongabay, The New Humanitarian, The Solutions Journalism Network, and others. I frequently freelance for various nonprofit organizations in addition to my work for news organizations. I'm originally from New York, and graduated from Temple University in 2017 with a B.A. in Journalism. I am HEFAT certified by Global Journalism Security, am a fellow with the International Women's Media Foundation, and was a student at the 32nd Eddie Adams Workshop. Please send me a message if you think we have the potential to work together, I look forward to e-meeting you!

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Copy Editor
• Audio Storyteller

The Chief Content Officer and Founder of Amaranthine Media, Jennifer Nkem-Eneanya is a versatile creator, with over a decade of experience as an Editor-in-Chief, Features Editor, and Screenwriter. Her screenwriting credits include ZENA which opened in cinemas, For My Girls, Love in a time of Kekes, Pushing 30, Zuriel's Diary, The Housekeeper's Daughter, Along Came a Butterfly, Paradise and Win a Heart. She has also written and developed stories for MNET's Africa Magic series, 'Tinsel' and 'Hustle', and produced a short film entitled, ‘Relive.’ Jennifer has written, produced, and directed a series of animated explainer videos for a ‘Stay Burns Free’ campaign and an animated short with the same title which has the most views on the Amaranthine Media budding Youtube channel and is available for viewing here: Stay Burns Free Short Film. She is the creator, director, and producer of ‘Kiliwe the Timebender’ animated series and copyright holder for this project including but not limited to the story idea, the original theme song, and the animation. Jennifer also runs a seasonal, online screenwriting class. Jennifer holds a filmmaking certification from Le Cinefabrique, Lyon, France, a certification in Journalism and Social Media from the African Institute of Media Studies, and a Bachelors of Law from the University of Nigeria with an MBA in view from UNICAF University Zambia. She is an alumnus of The Storyteller Pod, South Africa (Animation Writing), the Africa International Film Festival (Screenwriting), Index Two Studios (The Art of Storytelling), and the World Economic Forum, Global Shapers.

• Copywriter
• Production Company
• Creative Director
• Copy Editor
• Audio Storyteller
• Content Strategist
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Executive Producer
• Transcriber
• Senior Editor
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Post-Production Manager
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer