Toluse Olorunnipa
American White House reporter

Toluse Olorunnipa

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American White House reporter
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21 December 1983(Nigeria, Nigeria)
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Stanford University
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Introduction

Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa (Toe-Loo Oh-lo-roo-NEE-pa; born December 21, 1986) is a Nigerian-American journalist and political commentator. He is the first reporter of Nigerian descent to cover the White House.

Education

Olorunnipa earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and MSc from Stanford University. In college, Olorunnipa wrote for The Stanford Daily.

Career

Olorunnipa writes for The Washington Post and is an analyst for CNN. He previously worked for Bloomberg News and The Miami Herald. His columns have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Tampa Bay Times, The Seattle Times, The Nation, and others. He has been featured as a panelist on Washington Week and Face the Nation, and frequently appears on CNN, MSNBC, CBS News, and C-SPAN as a political analyst.