Aisha Salaudeen

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| name = Aisha Salaudeen

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| birth_date = 26 September 1994

| birth_place = Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

| education = University of Bradford

| occupation = Journalist, producer

| years_active = 2017–present

| known_for = Women advocacy

| notable_works = CNN Al Jazeera The Financial Times Stears Business

| awards = The Future Awards Africa for Journalism (2020)

| website = {{twitter| id= AishaSalaudeen| name= Nana-Aisha}}

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Aisha Salaudeen (born 26 September 1994) is a Nigerian multimedia journalist, feminist, producer, and writer who currently works with the CNN.{{Cite web|last=Salaudeen|first=Baliqees|date=18 December 2020|title=15 minutes with Aisha Salaudeen|url=https://www.theavalondaily.com/blog/2020/12/23/15-minutes-with-aisha-salaudeen|access-date=1 March 2021|website=THE AVALON DAILY|language=en-US}} In November 2020, she was awarded the Future Awards Africa Prize for Journalism for her work covering stories in Africa.{{Cite web|last=Lekan|first=Otufodurin|date=28 November 2020|title=CNN's Aisha Salaudeen wins The Future Awards Africa Prize for Journalism|url=https://mediacareerng.org/2020/11/28/cnns-aisha-salaudeen-wins-the-future-awards-africa-prize-for-journalism/|access-date=1 March 2021|website=Media Career Services|language=en-GB}} She was a guest speaker at the Ake Arts and Book Festival 2020.

Career

Salaudeen started her media career in 2013 when she volunteered as a presenter at the University of Bradford’s radio station. When she returned to Nigeria in 2017, she left her accounting job to pursue a career in journalism.

She got her freelancer byline at Al Jazeera and the Financial Times.{{Cite web|date=4 November 2019|title=The Future Awards Africa Prize For Journalism|url=https://awards.yafri.ca/the-future-awards-africa-prize-for-journalism-2019/|access-date=1 March 2021|website=The Future Awards Africa|language=en-GB}}

She joined Stears Business as a journalist in 2018.

= Stears Business (2018–2019) =

Salaudeen's earliest work at Stears were on business and culture. In July 2018, she wrote an investigative report titled: Earthquakes, lung disease, and dirt: what it feels like living in Kurata. The report was about a community battling serious environmental pollution.

In February 2019, her report titled: Single women cannot rent property in Nigeria revealed how difficult it is for unmarried Nigerian women to rent houses on their own in the country.

She left Stears in April 2019 to join the news network CNN.{{Cite web|title=CNN Profiles – Aisha Salaudeen – Editorial Sponsorships, Africa|url=https://www.cnn.com/profiles/aisha-salaudeen|access-date=1 March 2021|website=CNN}}

= CNN (2019–present) =

Aisha Salaudeen is currently a digital features producer at CNN. Her first story for the CNN was about a 9-year-old boy who created over 30 video games. Since then, she has produced stories about women's trauma, inequality, abortion rights and sexual violence.{{Cite web|date=1 March 2021|title=The Elevator: From Four Degrees In Finance To Multimedia Journalist – Aisha Salaudeen|url=https://www.zikoko.com/her/the-elevator-from-four-degrees-in-finance-to-multimedia-journalist-aisha-salaudeen/|access-date=1 March 2021|website=Zikoko!|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=3 February 2021|title=Journalist, Aisha Salaudeen shares her encounter with Immigration officers who were shocked she still keeps her maiden name despite being married|url=https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/2/journalist-aisha-salaudeen-shares-her-encounter-with-immigration-officers-who-were-shocked-she-still-keeps-her-maiden-name-despite-being-married.html|access-date=1 March 2021|website=Linda Ikeji's Blog|language=en}}

Major works

Single women cannot rent property in Nigeria (2019) for Stears Nigeria.{{Cite web|date=1 February 2019|title=Free to read {{!}} Single women cannot rent property in Nigeria|url=https://www.stearsng.com/article/single-women-cannot-rent-property-in-nigeria|access-date=1 March 2021|website=www.stearsng.com}}[https://www.stearsng.com/article/single-women-cannot-rent-property-in-nigeria]
This 9-year-old has built more than 30 mobile games (2019) for CNN.[https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/06/africa/9-year-old-built-30-mobile-apps-intl/index.html]{{Cite web|author=Aisha Salaudeen|title=This 9-year-old has built more than 30 mobile games|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/06/africa/9-year-old-built-30-mobile-apps-intl/index.html|access-date=1 March 2021|website=CNN|date=6 August 2019 }}
The woman risking her life to photograph the forgotten victims of war (2019) for CNN.{{Cite web|author=Aisha Salaudeen|title=The woman risking her life to photograph the forgotten victims of war|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/africa/nelly-ating-photos-from-the-northeast-intl/index.html|access-date=1 March 2021|website=CNN|date=25 July 2019 }}[https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/africa/nelly-ating-photos-from-the-northeast-intl/index.html]

International recognitions

Salaudeen made the YNaija 2019 New Establishment List.{{Cite web|last=Okolo|first=Edwin|date=20 February 2019|title=Quddus King, Benita Nnachortam, Jekein Lato-Unah, Mary Edoro: Here is the Y!/YNaija 2019 New Establishment List » Page 2 of 8 » YNaija|url=https://naija.yafri.ca/quddus-king-benita-nnachortam-jekein-lato-unah-mary-edoro-here-is-the-y-ynaija-2018-new-establishment-list/|access-date=1 March 2021|website=YNaija|language=en-GB}}

In August 2020, Aisha Salaudeen made the British Vogue list of 50 Trailblazing Creatives And Young Activists From Across.{{Cite web|title=50 Young Global Trailblazers Share Their Hopes For The Future|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/gallery/young-global-trailblazers-hope|access-date=1 March 2021|website=British Vogue|date=20 August 2020 |language=en-GB}} In December 2020, she was named the winner of The Future Awards Africa prize for journalism.{{Cite web|date=4 December 2020|title=Kingsley Ayogu, Aisha Salaudeen, Jide-Kene Achufusi, Seun Fakorede, Sam Adeyemi, others emerge winners at The Future Awards Africa 2020|url=https://www.pulse.ng/business/the-future-awards-africa-2020-kingsley-ayogu-aisha-salaudeen-jide-kene-achufusi-seun/bwyr7m0|access-date=1 March 2021|website=Pulse Nigeria|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=1 December 2020|title=TFAA 2020 Winners Profile|url=https://awards.yafri.ca/tfaa-2020-winners-profile/|access-date=1 March 2021|website=The Future Awards Africa|language=en-GB|archive-date=27 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327105447/https://awards.yafri.ca/tfaa-2020-winners-profile/|url-status=dead}}