Punch Editor, Miss Ogunseye Shortlisted For CNN Awards

The Editor, Sunday PUNCH, Miss Toyosi
Ogunseye, has been named among the 27
finalists in the prestigious CNN Multichoice
African Journalist 2013 Awards.
Ogunseye, a previous winner of the award in the
MSD/Health Category in 2011, has to her credit
multiple awards, the latest being Nigeria's most
prestigious science media award.
She was in April adjudged Science Journalist of
the Year (2012) at the prestigious Nigeria
Academy of Science Award.
In 2010, she was named Judiciary Reporter of
the Year by the Diamond Awards for Media
Excellence; MDG Journalist of the Year and won
the Business and Social Responsibility of the
Year category at the Peak Media Awards.
Ogunseye holds a Bachelor's degree in
biochemistry, a post-graduate diploma in print
journalism and a Master's degree in Media and
Communication.
Chairman of the independent judging panel of
the CNN Multichoice Award, Ferial Haffajee,
while announcing the finalists on Monday, said
the winners of the competition would be made
known at an Award Ceremony and Gala Evening
in Cape Town, South Africa on October 12.
According to Haffajee, the competition, which is
now in its 18th year, received entries from 42
countries across the continent.
But he said only 27, among whom were three
Nigerians, from 11 countries, emerged in the
final list.
Other Nigerian finalists shortlisted along with
Ogunseye were Geoff Iyatse of The Guardian,
Tolu Ogunlesi, a freelance for Ventures Africa.
The entries received by the competition,
according to Haffajee, included those from
French and Portuguese African countries.
South Africa and Ghana produced five finalists
each. Other finalists on the list, including the
Nigerians, are nationals of Angola, Kenya,
Mauritius, Senegal, Mozambique Uganda,
Algeria and Egypt.
Announcing the finalists, Haffajee said, "A tough
table of judges was often visibly impressed by
the range of stories presented to us."
Culled from Punch