Los Angeles, CA, USA
$600 - $1200 / Day
As a philanthropy journalist for Inside Philanthropy, Ade has profiled major donors across Wall Street, Silicon Valley, Hollywood and sports, including Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark, Wall Street billionaires Leon Cooperman and Robert F. Smith, NBA power couple Stephen and Ayesha Curry, and actress Selena Gomez. As a freelance culture writer, Ade’s work has included exploring the origins of black basketball for CBS News, the rise of women's basketball in Africa for Selamta Ethiopian Airlines Magazine, and diving into suburbia, or the lack thereof, in video games for VICE.
For VICE, spoke to longtime Rockstar Games writer-producer-director Lazlow Jones, creator of Neverwinter Nights Don Daglow and a bunch of video game designers and city planners about the depiction of suburban spaces in video games.
For Selamta Ethiopian Airlines magazine, reported on the rise of women's basketball in Africa, talking to key leaders like Amadou Gallo Fall as well as professional women's basketball players and coaches.
For Okayplayer, spoke to the women hook singers behind some of the greatest 90s hip-hop tracks of all time including Shatasha Williams' of Bone Thugs and Harmony's "Thuggish Ruggish Bone." Selected by Okayplayer editorial archives and included in its Hip Hop 50 collection in Fall 2023.
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