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Ogunbiyi joins The Economist as a reporter

Ore Ogunbiyi

The Economist has hired Ore Ogunbiyi as a reporter working across foreign, news and business affairs desks.

She also co-authored “Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change” with Chelsea Kwakye. She served as an intern at BBC.

She was also an events officer and then president at Cambridge University African-Caribbean Society.

Additionally, her writing has appeared in The Guardian, British Vogue, Sunday Times Style, Stylist Magazine, iNews, The Republic Journal and other publications.

She also made appearances on BBC Woman’s Hour, Sky News, Channel 4 News, BBC World News, BBC Breakfast, and more.

Ogunbiyi is a B.A. in human, social and political sciences from University of Cambridge and a M.S. in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Mariam Ahmed

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