Background
Lola was born on September 13, 1975 in New York to Nigerian parents.
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Lola Ogunnaike
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Education
University of Virginia. New York University.
Career
She earned a master"s in fine arts degree in journalism from New York University and a bachelor"s degree in English literature from the University of Virginia. Ogunnaike commenced her career in journalism in 1999 covering entertainment news and popular culture. She was a reporter for The New York Times and lead its entertainment coverage, focusing on celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Ozwald Boateng, Oprah Winfrey and writing Sting for the paper"s "Arts and Leisure" section.
She was a writer for Vibe magazine, contributing to the monthly music features and cover stories.
Her work has also been published in Rolling Stone, New York, Glamour, Details (magazine), Nylon, the New York Observer and V Magazine. She also accompanied and interviewed Michelle Obama on a tour to South Africa.
Lola was also a features reporter at the New York Daily News, where she covered breaking news on celebrities and entertainment for "National Organization for Women," the paper"s entertainment section, and for the Rush and Molloy column She was a former correspondent on Cable News Network’s “American Morning" where she also worked from 2007 till 2009. She has featured at several television programs such as National Broadcasting Company’s Today Show, Music Television and Video Hits One.
She was listed in may 2007 as Ebony’s ‘150 Most Influential Blacks in America”.
She is currently a host of Arise Entertainment 360.
