Head of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) West Africa, Toyosi Ogunseye has been elected as the Vice President of the World Editors Forum.
She was elected by the Forum’s Board in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday along with Warren Fernandez, Editor in Chief of The Straits Times, Singapore who emerged as President.
World Editors Forum is the worldwide community of newspaper editors managed by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
The World News Media Congress organized by WAN-IFRA began on Saturday in Glasgow along with the Women In News Summit.
Ogunseye announced her election in the tweet below on Saturday:
“ This morning, the @WorldEditors board voted Warren Fernandez @theSTeditor as President and me as Vice President. Warren and I are pleased to serve and humbled to lead the World Editors Forum. #WINSummit19 #WNMC19”
Until she joined BBC, Ogunseye was Editor of Sunday Punch Newspapers. She was the first female editor of the newspaper.
Below are some of Ogunseye’s contribution during the Women In News Summit.
“What concerns me more is online harassment. We need to be very proactive and stop treating online harassment as if it was not that important.” @OgunseyeToyosi #WINSummit19 #WNMC19
“A few years ago, I started as a journalist. I am so lucky to have received amazing support from my male and female colleagues. I’m telling this because it is important to tell the positive stories too.” Head of West Africa, BBC, Nigeria @OgunseyeToyosi #WINSummit19 #WNMC19
“To the senior media executives in this room I say: We should lead by example, and create a safe haven for the women we work with.” @OgunseyeToyosi #WINSummit19 #WNMC19
“In the part of the world that I’m from, the newsrooms are masculine. Because of this, few women could talk. This challenge should be for both men and women. Men can also be role models for women to talk to.” @OgunseyeToyosi #WINSummit19 #WNMC19
