On this episode of Envision Radio, Markiana and Price chat with guest Toyosi Ogunseye, President & CEO of The Presidential Precinct. They chat about being a 2014 Mandela Washington Fellowship alumna of the Presidential Precinct, her journalism career including time at the BBC and being the first female editor in the 50-year history of Punch Newspaper (Nigeria’s most widely read newspaper), receiving dozens of international honors including the CNN African Journalist of the Year award and the ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award, and more.
Envision Radio is a weekly radio show and podcast co-hosted by United Way of Greater Charlottesville‘s Markiana Smith and Price Thomas of City of Promise. Each week, we welcome Greater Charlottesville-area business, government, nonprofit, and community leaders to have candid conversations about a myriad of topics, including race, equity, education, and more.
You can listen on all major streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music/Audible, and YouTube after each episode has aired. Want to listen live? New episodes air every Saturday morning at 7am on Newsradio WINA.
Interested in appearing on our podcast? Contact Markiana Smith at msmith@unitedwaycville.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
Envision Radio is made possible through support from our community partners Jefferson School Foundation and BAMA Works Fund at Charlottesville Area Community Foundation. If you are a business, organization, or individual interested in supporting this program, please reach out to Ben Wilkes at bwilkes@unitedwaycville.org.