ABOUT

JONELLE AWOMOYI

MAIL | HELLO@JONELLEAWOMOYI.COM

CITY | LONDON

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Jonelle is one of the first ever BBC social news presenters, leading reports, livestreams and interviews for @BBCNews on platforms which include TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. She creates engaging and thought provoking news clips that are accessible to vast, diverse audiences around the world.

She also co-hosts the Reliable Sauce podcast, a weekly news programme targeted at younger audiences. She discusses her 'trend reports' about how online trends impact people in real life.

Jonelle was an output producer one of the most viewed live TV News sources in the world - the BBC News Channel. She would script, edit clips, made graphics and interviewed guests on the world's biggest news stories. She has also produced three orginal reports which she self-shot, produced and reported which have all appeared on the Channel. She has also educational film for BBC Bitesize.

In 2020 Jonelle began producing programmes for BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service radio. WS alone has reaches a weekly audience of around 279 million people around the world. She has worked on a number of programmes including The Reith Lectures, When Katy Met Carlos, The Global Philosopher and Moneybox - where she also appeared on air. Alongside this Jonelle presented programmes, most proudly she introduced the Premiere League Inspires Challenge to encourage young footballers to give back to their community.

Whilst an undergrad, Jonelle was elected Head of News at the University of Nottingham's TV Network, leading a team and presenting and producing two weekly shows - one of which won a NASTA Award. NSTV won 'Best Broadcaster' and the team won six other awards. Alongside that she was a weekly panelist on Dwane Stewart's BBC Radio Nottingham show "Social Talk".

She also begame a finalist for BBC Nottingham's presenter search, BBC New Voices at the age of 20, the show's target audience was 25-35.

Jonelle began presenting professionally in 2017 as educational presenter for Spaghetti Maths and Elevate Education, presenting live seminars to children across both primary and secondary ages all around the UK.

She presented an film explaining UK politics with The Economist Education Foundation and hosted many events including the Studentprenur conference and the UK Youth Gala Dinner 2019 attened by HRH Princess Anne which raised over £107,000 for youth services across the UK.

Jonelle began writing features for HuffPost at the age of 16 about current affairs, this lead her to venture more into the field. The following year she was awarded NewsQuest's Most Read Young Reporter 2017 for the impact of her outstanding reports in her local area.

SOCIAL ACTION

#IWILL AMBASSADOR

In 2019, Jonelle was selected as an #iWill Ambassador (Step Up To Serve initiative). She works with a government advisory group through DCMS and the Back Youth Alliance, influencing change in the charity, policy and education sectors.

She also co-wrote a paper for Chartered Teachers Journal in 2020.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

Attended the United Nations 63rd Commission on the Status of Women in New York in March 2019 as a delegate actively representing the 33.46 million women and girls in the UK and is responsible for advocating for new methods to promote gender equality both nationally and internationally. She has created a report, which documents the events and experience as a whole which will be used by other members of the National Council of Women GB when discussing this year’s mandate.

Member of Youth Parliament

In 2016, Jonelle was elected (from a pool of twenty candidates) to represent her local area as a Member of the Youth Parliament, advocating for approximately 91,000 young people. During her tenure she led a campaign to improve mental health services locally, held discussions with national and local decision-makers, and created a mental health awareness campaign which included a film showcased at a local cinema (covered by the Evening Standard).

After a devastating tram crash in her area that claimed the lives of two young people, Jonelle addressed the House of Commons to urge politicians to ensure more safety precautions on London’s public transport system. She also held the Mayor of London to account over commitments around the Ultra Low Emissions Zone in response to peers’ concerns about the environment.

Parliamentary Ambassador

Selected by the British Youth Council in June 2018, Jonelle championed change on the living wage. She trained in briefing, negotiation and public speaking, and worked closely with MPs, supporting select committees, leading discussions, and ensuring young people’s voices reach decision-makers.