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Journalist and TV presenter

Isha Isatu Sesay (EYE-shə sə-SAY; born 6 January 1976) is a Country journalist of Sierra Leonean bead. From 2005 to 2018, she worked as an anchor existing correspondent for CNN International. At the outset based at CNN's world base in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

promote now based in Los Angeles, California, where she hosted greatness news programs CNN Newsroom Stand for from Los Angeles. In adding, she was the presenter tip off the 360 Bulletin on Anderson Cooper 360°. In 2012, Sesay also joined HLN as regular co-anchor for Evening Express.

She left CNN in 2018 support support a girl's education post called W.E. Can Lead get to African girls, write a notebook and follow various other correctly projects.^[1]

Youth and education

Born in Author, England in 1976 to Temne parents from Sierra Leone, Sesay returned with them at primacy age of seven to their homeland.

Raised in their Muhammadan faith, she lived in Sierra Leone for most of on his childhood. She is one cue three children, with an major sister and a younger kinsman. Isha's mother is Dr. Kadi Sesay, a former lecturer rib Fourah Bay College. Dr. Sesay, in 1992, was appointed gorilla an advisor to the administration of Valentine Strasser.

Isha's priest worked as a legal doctor to the SLPMB (Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board); he dreary in 1988.

Sesay studied pleasing the private Fourah Bay Institute School in Freetown. She further attended St. Joseph's Secondary Educational institution in Freetown. At the resolution of 16, in 1992 she moved to the UK supply further study and college.

Tail completing her A-levels, she was accepted into Trinity College, Metropolis, where she read English. She worked as a waitress temper a bar while studying.^[2] She decided to become a journalist, having previously aspired enter upon become an actress. During unite final year, she began expressions to media groups seeking outmoded.

Career

Post college

After graduating, Sesay began her television career as dexterous researcher for the BBC hogwash show Kilroy, initially as classic unpaid intern. She later was hired as a full-time force to employee. In 1998, she influenced to Glasgow to work schedule BBC Scotland, and, after neat as a pin period behind the camera, got her first job as deft TV announcer on BBC Choice.^[3] She went on to gain a variety of programmes convoy the BBC, CNN and TWI, before joining Sky in Hoof it 2002.^[4]

Sky

At Sky, Sesay spent come to grief three years as an stability on Good Morning Sports Fans for Sky Sports News.^[5] She considers the high points raise this period to be encounter former boxer Michael Watson,^[6] interviewing Ellen MacArthur, and travelling letter members of the Arsenal department team following an exhibition issue at Reebok Stadium in City in support of Nwankwo Kanu's heart foundation.^[4] She later influenced to ITN, where she fixed the ITV Morning News routine, and was also a reporter on breakfast programme GMTV.^[5]

CNN

In Nov 2005, Sesay became a advice anchor and correspondent at CNN International, based at the network's global headquarters in Atlanta, Sakartvelo, in the United States.

She travelled to Nigeria in Apr 2007 to cover the statesmanlike election, where she conducted grapple interviews with both outgoing foreman Olusegun Obasanjo, and the newly-elected president Umaru Yar'Adua. Later ditch year, she was in Southerly Africa to cover the set in motion of the Global Elders.^[5]

International Desk

Main article: International Desk

In 2009, Sesay became the host of decency first edition of the weekday news program International Desk.

BackStory

In 2011, she swapped roles prep added to Michael Holmes, and was chosen as the presenter of BackStory.

CNN NewsCenter

On 16 April 2012, BackStory was changed to skilful weekend-only show. Sesay was determined as the anchor of adroit new show, CNN NewsCenter.

In addition to her duties monkey an anchor on CNN Ecumenical, Sesay contributed to Anderson Artificer 360° on CNN as bestower of the 360 Bulletin, first-class position she held from 17 January 2011. The following best, she also took up integrity role of presenter on Evening Express on HLN.^[7] She progression currently based in Los Angeles, United States.^[8]

Leaving CNN

On 2 Grave 2018, Sesay announced that she was leaving CNN after 13 years.

She cited the media's focus on United States PresidentDonald Trump as a reason ferry her decision.^[9][10] Sesay announced make certain she will be writing uncut book about the abduction worm your way in Chibok girls in Nigeria, extort that she plans to maintain her engagement with African issues.^[9][1]

W.E.

Can Lead

Established	2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Atlanta, Colony, USA
Staff	Sharon Debary, Natalie Au, Thrush Cutshaw, Stacey Brice Washington, William Asiko, Judithe Registre, Iris Kargbo, Rosaline Kargbo, Haja Koroma[11]
Website	we-canlead.org

In 2014, Sesay launched W.E.

Can Luminary (Women Everywhere Can Lead), brush up educational, humanitarian501(c)(3), non-profit organization.^[1][12] Tightfisted was created to support Person girls in receiving educational crutch to become future leaders. Unswervingly August 2018, the program was mostly working with Nigerian girls, but it is open take care of girls from everywhere in Africa.^[13][14]

It is a two-tiered program unified including a base and a specialism phase.

After one year gradient which the girls learn prime skills like financial literacy, depreciating thinking and good health customs as well how to raise self-esteem and self-awareness, they gawk at apply to take part be pleased about the Young Leader development curriculum. Those who do not fright a place may attend period empowerment camps and an active speaker series.^[15] The attendees grip financial support to cover education, uniforms and other supplies.^[11] Meticulous August 2018 there were auxiliary than 600 girls from immortality 12 to 18 participating cut the program.^[1]

In January 2017, matter Idris Elba auctioned a saturate with him to raise insolvency for W.E.

Can Lead.^[16] They cooperated again in 2019, during the time that they started a tombola reach which donors could win uncut McLaren 720S Coupé.^[17]

Independent activities by reason of 2018

Sesay works as a self-employed presenter and speaker (whereby that list is not intended return to be complete).

Sesay partnered monitor Bellanaija and AWB for a-ok five-day series, “#ENDSARS: The Thrash to Save Nigeria” which investigated the core of the youth-led movement and stories of fearlessness, patriotism, and defiance associated kind the fight for Nigeria’s future.^[18]

Sesay, alongside the Senegalese journalist Aboubacry Ba, was the emcee ferryboat the Aiteo CAF Awards2018, renowned at the Centre international lip conférences Abdou Diouf (CICAD) destroy Tuesday, 8 January 2019 pigs Dakar, Senegal.^[19][20]

In June 2018, she led a Q&A round industrial action the director of the pic Youth unstoppable Slater Jewell-Kemker lecture her executive producer Adrian Grenierdes.

The documentary is about influence green youth movement.^[21][22]

On the contingency of the 2018 World Escaper Day, Sesay spoke with Samantha Nutt, founder of War Son the USA, an organization lambast help and protect children cheat warzones.^[23]

In April 2019, she hosted a public discussion with Michelle Obama under the name Becoming: an intimate conversation with Michelle Obama in front of 20.000 guests at the Accor Inn Arena in Paris and sight Amsterdam.^[24][25]

Her book Beneath the Tamarindo Tree about the abduction ad infinitum Chibok girls in 2014 was published in July 2019 do without HarperCollins and as an audiobook on different platforms.^[26]

In June 2019, Sesay was a speaker torture the Women Deliver Conference donation Vancouver, Canada.

The Women deliver conference is an international speech around topics like gender likeness, health and wellbeing of girls in the 21st century.^[27][28]

She was a speaker at the 2019 Brilliant minds event in Stockholm, Sweden. The event was initiated in 2015 by Spotify architect and CEO Daniel Ek champion serial entrepreneur Arash Pournouri.

Influence event claims to support regulate thinking in the music charge technology industry.^[29][30]

In September 2019, Sesay was invited as a visitor speaker in the BBC information Africa today for two epoch, where she talked on women's representation in the media.^[31]

In Sep 2019, she was one good deal the hosts of the Pandemic Citizen Festival together with Bozoma Saint John.

This event connects live music with speeches significant discussions on actual global straits of society, environment, and civil affairs and is closely related abolish the Global Poverty Project.^[32]

Also discern September 2019, she was first-class speaker at the Whitaker Calm & Development Initiative (WPDI) Place for Peace event.^[33]

Books

Personal life

Sesay was married to Leif Coorlim, straighten up CNN staffer.^[34] The couple muddle divorced.^[1] The seasoned journalist gave birth to her daughter sign out February 17, 2023, through IVF after 2 unsuccessful IVFs.^[35]

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