Femi Oke

Femi Oke (born 1966) is a British television presenter and journalist.Femi was born in Britain to Nigerian parents. She is a graduate of Birmingham University where she received a bachelors degree in English literature and language. She currently lives in New York and works for WNYC Radio including work on "The Takeaway".

Career

She is a former anchor for CNN International's World Weather service at the network's global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. She presented weather segments for the programs "Your World Today" and "World News". She also regularly hosted "Inside Africa", now fronted by Isha Sesay, a programme that looks into the economic, social and cultural affairs and trends in Africa.

Femi began her career at age 14 working as a junior reporter for the United Kingdom's first talk radio station LBC. During 1993 Femi worked for a cable station called Wire TV, this was pre-Janet Street Porter's L!VE TV. Femi presented several shows for the station, including the popular "Soap on the Wire" on a Saturday afternoon, with soap opera expert Chris Stacey. In the early 1990's, Femi presented the BBC's flagship educational science programme "Science In Action". She has also worked for GMTV London Weekend Television, Men & Motors and the Carlton Television. She joined CNN in 1999, and worked there until 2008.

She has been invited to teach on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina, conducted guest lectures for Emory University in Atlanta and been a guest speaker at the United Nations, addressing the World Food Programme in Rome, Italy.

Femi appeared in the short film "The Last Hour" (2005).

External links

* [http://www2.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/oke.femi.html CNN bio: Femi Oke]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060717/ai_n16539167 Femi Oke: "My life in the media"]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1865228/ IMDb entry for Femi Oke]