Isha Sesay

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On behalf of CNN, Nima Elbagir (in blue) and Isha Sesay (in black) accept the Peabody Award for reporting on the 2014 mass kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls . Recorded in May 2015

Isha Isatu Sesay ([ ˌaɪʃə_səˈseɪ ]; Isha Sesay ? / I ) (born January 6, 1976 in Bordeaux , France ) is an American television journalist. From 2005 she worked at CNN and CNN International . From 2017 she was the presenter of the show CNN Newsroom Live from Los Angeles . She left CNN in August 2018. Since then she has dedicated herself to various projects, including founding WE Can Lead in 2014 , a non-profit educational organization for African girls in Nigeria. Audio file / audio sample

Youth and education

Isha Sesay was born the middle of three siblings. She has an older sister and a younger brother. Sesay is the daughter of Kadi Sesay , her father was a consultant for the Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board (SLPMB). He died in 1988. Her parents were originally from Sierra Leone and are Temne . Isha Sesay attended Fourah Bay College School in Freetown until the age of 16 . In 1992 she returned to the UK for further studies.

After completing her A-Levels qualifications, Sesay applied to Trinity College (Cambridge) . There she studied English.

Career

After university

At the beginning of their journalistic activities Sesay worked as unpaid researcher for the talk show Kilroy the BBC . She was taken on as a fully paid permanent employee.

In 1998 she moved to Glasgow to work for BBC Scotland . After some time behind the camera, she began her first engagement as a presenter for BBC Choice .

Sesay then moderated several other formats on BBC, CNN and TWI before switching to Sky in March 2002 .

CNN

In November 2005, Sesay went to CNN International and has hosted shows from Atlanta , Georgia since then . Among the shows she co-hosted were International Desk and Backstory , where she took over the lead from Michael Holmes .

In 2012, Backstory was switched from a daily to a weekly broadcast.

Isha Sesay hosted a new show CNN NewsCenter with John Vause in 2015 . CNN NewsCenter was broadcast from Los Angeles .

In 2018, Sesay reported on the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle .

On August 2, 2018, Isha Sesay announced that she had left CNN after 13 years. As a justification, she gave the all-consuming coverage of Donald Trump's presidency.

Sesay also announced that she was working on a book about the kidnapping of the Chibok girls, and that she would like to take some time to return to Africa-related issues afterwards.

She also wants to devote more time to her organization WE Can Lead .

WE Can Lead

WE Can Lead
founding 2014
founder Isha Sesay
Seat Atlanta , Georgia , USA
main emphasis Education for young girls
Action space Nigeria and all of Africa
people Sharon Debary, Natalie Au, Robin Cutshaw, Stacey Brice Washington, William Asiko, Judithe Registre, Iris Kargbo, Rosaline Kargbo, Haja Koroma
Members 10
Website we-canlead.org

In 2014, Isha Sesay founded the non-profit organization WE Can Lead (Women Everywhere Can Lead). As a non-profit organization, it aims to enable African girls to have a self-determined future through education . The better educational requirements and the focus on leadership skills should enable them to shape their own lives, to set up and manage their own projects and companies. In August 2018, mostly Nigerian girls took part, but the program is in principle open to girls of all African origins.

A two-stage program is offered, divided into a basic and a specialization phase. In the first stage, the girls learn basic skills such as general financial literacy , critical thinking and positive health practices. In addition, the girls' self-confidence and self-confidence should be promoted. After that, the girls can apply for the specialization phase. Those who get a place can then take part in a Young Leader development program. The others can take part in so-called empowerment camps and rhetorical seminars. The participants receive financial support for school supplies, school uniforms and similar things. In August 2018, more than 600 girls between the ages of 12 and 18 took part in offers from WE Can Lead .

In January 2017 the actor Idris Elba auctioned a dinner with him to raise money for WE Can Lead . The two cooperated again in 2019 for a donation raffle . In the raffle there was a McLaren 720S Coupe to be won.

Activities since 2018

Together with the Senegalese journalist Aboubacry Ba, Sesay moderated the Aiteo CAF Awards 2018 , which took place in the Center international de conférences Abdou Diouf (CICAD) on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.

In June 2018, Sesay conducted a question and answer session with the documentary film director Slater Jewell-Kemker and the producer Adrian Grenierdes of the film Youth unstoppable . The film is about the green youth movement.

In 2018, she also moderated a conversation with Dr. Samantha Nutt, the founder of War Child USA . War Child USA is an aid organization for children in war zones.

Her book on the mass kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls in 2014, called Beneath the Tamarind Tree , was published in July 2019 by HarperCollins in print and on various platforms as an audio book .

In April 2019 she led a discussion with Michelle Obama under the name Becoming: an intimate conversation with Michelle Obama in front of 20,000 guests in the Accor Hotel Arena in Paris and Amsterdam.

In June 2019, Sesay appeared as a speaker at the Women Deliver Conference 2019 in Vancouver , Canada . Women deliver is an international conference on the topics of gender equality , health and well-being of girls and women in the 21st century.

She was an active speaker at the Brilliant minds event held in Stockholm , Sweden in June 2019 . The event was founded in 2015 by Spotify founder and CEO, Daniel Ek and the entrepreneur Arash Pournouri. The three-day event aims to promote the free exchange of ideas in the field of music and technology.

In September 2019 Sesay was invited as a guest speaker at the BBC in the Africa today program for two days. She spoke about the role of women in the media.

In September 2019 she was one of the hosts of the 2019 Global Citizen Festival alongside Bozoma Saint John . This event combines live music with podium discussions about global problems and concerns from the environment, society and politics.

Also in September 2019 she was the spokesperson at the Place for Peace Event organized by the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) .

Personal

On January 5, 2013, Sesay got engaged to her work colleague Leif Coorlim. The two married in August 2013. In August 2018, Sesay announced that the couple had divorced.

Isha Sesay is committed to strengthening the rights of women, especially in Nigeria in connection with the mass kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls in 2014 by Boko Haram from Chibok and on February 19, 2018 from Dapchi . She showed a lot of personal commitment to the girls and their families. Among other things, she conducted critical interviews with participating nationals, showed presence in the Twitter campaign #BringBackOurGirls and spoke at the UN . She condemned the repeated kidnapping of 110 Dapchi girls as a "national disgrace" following a terse tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari calling the kidnapping a "national disaster".

Books

Web links and media

Commons : Isha Sesay  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lea Rose Emery: Isha Sesay Is Taking The Lead ( English ) In: whatwesee.com . August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c CNN profile with current articles and biography ( English ) In: cnn.com . Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ Isha Sesay Biography ( English ) In: articlebio.com . September 20, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  4. ↑ What happened next? ( English ) In: The Guardian . November 22, 2003. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  5. ^ John Vause, Isha Sesay To Anchor CNN International Show From Los Angeles ( English ) In: TVNewser.com . July 27, 2015. Accessed December 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ NAW: Isha Sesay: 'Why I quit CNN' ( English ) In: nawmagazine.com . August 5, 2018. Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 15, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nawmagazine.com
  7. ↑ philma: Isha Sesay leaves CNN after 13 years, cites Trump-focused coverage as reason ( English ) In: howafrica.com . August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  8. ↑ Isha Sesay's girls educational non-profit program WE can lead ( English ) In: we-canlead.org . August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ Isha Sesay Quits CNN After 13 Years , naijanews.com, August 2, 2018
  10. ↑ a b W.E. can lead About us ( English ) In: www.we-canlead.org . Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  11. ↑ WE can lead Founder ( English ) In: www.we-canlead.org . August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  12. ↑ Isha Sesay's girls educational non-profit program WE can lead ( English ) In: www.we-canlead.org . August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  13. ↑ WE (Women Everywhere) Can Lead ( English ) In: www.segalfamilyfoundation.org . Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  14. ↑ WE can lead goals ( English ) In: www.we-canlead.org . Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  15. ↑ Lin Taylor: 'Sweetheart' British actor Idris Elba auctions Valentine's date for charity ( English ) In: www.reuters.com . January 12, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  16. ↑ Support WE Can Lead and Win Your Very Own McLaren® 720S Coupe ( English ) In: www.omaze.com . Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  17. ↑ Former CNN anchor Isha Sesay and Aboubacry Ba to emcee 2018 CAF Awards ( English ) In: www.ghanasoccernet.com . January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  18. ↑ AITEO CAF AWARDS 2018: 1250 INVITÉS, ISHA SESAY ET ABOUBACRY BA AUX COMMANDES ( French ) In: www.africatopsports.com . January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  19. ↑ Youth Unstoppable Screening & Fundraiser ( English ) In: www.evensi.us . June 28, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  20. ↑ Slideshow of that event ( English ) Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  21. ↑ World Refugee Day: A Conversation with Dr. Samantha Nutt, Founder of War Child USA ( English ) In: www.eventbrite.com . Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  22. ^ Sesay announces her book on a signing event. ( English ) In: Isha Sesay . January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  23. ↑ Qui est Isha Sesay, la journaliste qui a interviewé Michelle Obama? ( French ) In: www.nouvelobs.com . April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  24. ↑ Eva Oravoca: Michelle Obama's tour Becoming: Intimacy At Scale and In Style ( English ) In: The Amsterdammer . April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  25. ↑ Women deliver - List of Speakers ( English ) In: www.wd2019.org . Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  26. ↑ Women deliver - About ( English ) In: www.wd2019.org . Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  27. ↑ Fluxability Quotient ( English ) In: www.brilliantminds.co . Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  28. ↑ Brilliant Minds Foundation - Our story ( English ) In: www.brilliantminds.co . Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  29. ^ Isha Sesay on women's representation in the media . In: www.bbc.co.uk . September 24, 2019.
  30. ↑ Global goal live: The possible dream, a year-long campaign to culminate in a 10-hour global media event spanning 5 continents for the largest live-broadcast cause event in history ( English ) In: www.wallstreet-online.de . 26th September 2019.
  31. ^ Bennett Raglin: Isha Sesay speaks onstage during the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) "Place for Peace" at Gotham Hall on September 27, 2019 in New York City. ( English ) In: www.zimbio.com . 26th September 2019.
  32. ↑ Stephanie Hallett: CNN Anchor Isha Sesay Marries Leif Coorlim In Georgia (PHOTOS) ( English ) In: The Huffington Post . August 19, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  33. ↑ David Toks: CNN's Isha Sesay blasts Dapchi abductions as “national disgrace” ( English ) In: sunnewsonline.com . February 26, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Sesay, Isha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sesay, Isha Isatu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American television journalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux , France