Oyekunle Dapo Olorunyomi, a media entrepreneur and founder of Premium Times Group, has been announced the first African Fellow of the Poynter Institute.
The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, fact-checking and media literacy education, announced Olorunyomi alongside 26 others in media industry across the globe for the 2023 Media Transformation Challenge (MTC) Programme, the Institute’s Executive Fellowship.
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A year-long program birthed in 2007, the Poynter Fellowship has recorded more than 350 alumni who “have realized critical performance results, built lifelong career skills and relationships, and made major contributions to industry transformation.”
According to a release by the Institute reported from St. Petersburg, “fellows learn and apply MTC’s well-known tools of performance-driven change, have yearlong access to a full slate of diverse executive coaches (including a personal coach), and connect with a world-class set of former Fellows who share common language and program experiences.”
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“The 2023 Fellows represent some of the biggest media brands in the world, including ABC News, The Associated Press, BBC, CNN and Los Angeles Times, as well as leading-edge nonprofit news organizations testing new audience approaches and business models. This year’s program will also welcome a highly diverse group of media professionals including the first Fellow from Africa — a renowned Nigerian investigative journalist,” the institute declared in reference to Olorunyomi popularly known as Dapsy.
The Executive Director of Poynter, Charlie Baum, said: “I’m deeply grateful for this very diverse, talented incoming class, and we’re excited to begin a new set of MTC journeys… As we enter our 17th year, I want to thank all the program alumni and supporters who helped bring together this particular group of Fellows.”
