Yemisi Adegoke

Yemisi Adegoke is a former CNN Africa journalist and current BBC Africa reporter based in Lagos, Nigeria. She's made several groundbreaking journalistic contributions, including participating in the Reading the Riots series in the Guardian in 2011 and unpacking the Fake News Crisis in Nigeria. The Guardian (Nigeria), TRUE Africa, Quartz Africa, The Guardian UK, and The Independent have all featured her work. Adegoke earned her Master's degree from the Arthur L. Carter Institute of Journalism at New York University. She reports on the impact of misinformation in Africa, social issues, culture, and politics.