Ruona J. Meyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Benin city |
| Citizenship | Nigerian |
| Education | BSc microbiology |
| Alma mater | University of Nigeria |
| Occupation | Investigative journalist |
Ruona J. Meyer (1982), formerly called Ruona Agbroko and Ruona Agbroko-Meyer is a Nigerian investigative journalist. She was named Investigative Journalist of 2013 in Nigeria. [1] Her work has been featured on the BBC, 234Next, Financial Times, Reuters, Daily Trust , This Day , and others. She is the first Nigerian journalist to be nominated for an International Emmy Award. [2] [3] [4]
Meyer was born in Benin City, Nigeria in 1982, one of five children of Rachel and Godwin Agbroko. [5] [6] Godwin, a Nigerian journalist in Nigeria, was assassinated on December 22, 2006. [7] He had, before his death, won awards for his work, including the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award in 1997. [8]
Meyer completed a postgraduate degree from Wits University in South Africa, from where she finished with a distinction. [9] At the time, she also blogged for the journalism department. She had her undergraduate degree in microbiology from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She is currently[ when? ] a PhD student at De Montfort University in Leicester (DMU). [10]
Meyer's first byline was for the This Day newspaper in Lagos on June 12, 2003. [11] From there, she has worked with journalists like Simon Kolawole, Paul Ibe, Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, Kadaria Ahmed, and Dele Olojede, who ran the now-defunct 234Next newspaper.
In early August 2019, Meyer was announced as a nominee for the 47th International Emmy Awards 2019 for her work on Sweet, Sweet Codeine , a documentary on drug abuse in Nigeria, created for the BBC Africa Eye . It was Nigeria's first-ever nomination for the award. Meyer was nominated under the Current Affairs & News Award. [15]
Other awards include: