Ashley Okwuosa

I am a journalist based in Toronto. My stories on immigration, education, politics, and more have been published in The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, WNYC, Quartz, TVO.org, The Narwhal, and others.

I am a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School where I was a recipient of the African Pulitzer fellowship. And my work has been nominated for a 2022 National Magazine Award and a 2023 Digital Publishing Award.

From 2019 - 2020, I was a grantee at The Brown Institute for Media Innovation where I helped build a database of maternal health interventions implemented in Nigeria over the last 30 years.

I currently work as a staff reporter at The Examination, an investigative newsroom covering global public health. You can reach me at ashley@theexamination.org.




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What My Students Taught Me: Ndindi and Rider - Take Two KPCC - Southern California Public Radio

(audio starts at 41:45) We all know educators have a lot to share with their students, but sometimes teaching can be a two-way street. "What My Students Taught Me" a podcast created by the Teacher Project, an education reporting fellowship at Columbia Journalism School, explores that idea. This episode tells the story of Ndidni Kitonga founder of the Angeles Workshop School, a progressive private middle and high school in Los Angeles, and Rider a newly admitted student fresh off a five-year road trip with his family.
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What My Students Taught Me: Hazel and Drew - Take Two KPCC - Southern California Public Radio

(audio starts at 41:42) We all know educators have a lot to share with their students, but sometimes teaching can be a two-way street. "What My Students Taught Me" a podcast created by the Teacher Project, an education reporting fellowship at Columbia Journalism School, explores that idea. This episode tells the story of Los Angeles Teacher Hazel Witham and her memorable mistake with her first openly transgender student Drew.