- Lola Ogunnaike
Infobox journalist
name = Lola Ogunnaike
caption =
birthname =
birth_date =
birth_place =New York City ,New York , U.S.
age =
death_date =
death_place =
education =
occupation =
alias =
status =
title =
family =
spouse =
children =
relatives =
ethnic =
religion =
salary =
networth =
credits = "American Morning " entertainment correspondent (2007-Present)
agent =
URL = http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/ogunnaike.lola.htmlLola Ogunnaike is the entertainment correspondent for CNN's flagship morning news program,
American Morning .Background
Ogunnaike received her master's in fine arts degree in journalism from
New York University and a bachelor's degree in English literature from theUniversity of Virginia .Career
Based in
New York , Ogunnaike joinedCNN in May 2007 and reports on pop culture and entertainment news as part ofAmerican Morning 's daily news coverage.Ogunnaike has been covering entertainment news since 1999. Prior to joining CNN, Ogunnaike was the top culture reporter for
The New York Times and spearheaded its entertainment coverage, writing profiles of celebrities likeJennifer Lopez ,Oprah Winfrey and Sting for the paper's "Arts and Leisure" section.Before that, she was a features reporter at the New York Daily News, where she covered breaking news on celebrities and entertainment for "NOW," the paper's entertainment section, and for the Rush and Molloy column. Previously, Ogunnaike was a contributing writer for Vibe magazine, where she was responsible for monthly music features and cover stories. She has also had her work published in
Rolling Stone , New York,Glamour ,Details (magazine) , Nylon, theNew York Observer and V Magazine.On air, Ogunnaike has also made regular guest appearances on
NBC's Today Show ,MTV andVH1 . In May 2007, she was named one ofEbony magazine 's "150 Most Influential Blacks in America."In September 2008 Ogunnaike was in the middle of controversy for reporting a fake picture of
Sarah Palin was genuine when it was declared a fraud days before. [http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/10/cnn-reports-palin-bikini-photo-but-fails-to-tell-viewers-its-a-fake/]References
* [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/ogunnaike.lola.html CNN Profile]
External links
* [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/ogunnaike.lola.html CNN Entertainment Correspondent]
* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/lola_ogunnaike/index.html?inline=nyt-per Lola's Articles in the New York Times]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.