UKRAINIAN RAVERS HOST 'CLEAN UP' RAVES
REPORTER | JONELLE AWOMOYI
BBC NEWSBEAT | RADIO BROADCAST & ONLINE ARTICLE
| 12 AUGUST 2022
As the aroma of burnt debris looms in the air and the feeling of security is not yet restored, you wouldn't expect to be met with a vibrant burst of techno music from a bombed-out shell of a community building.
But that's exactly what is happening in Yahidne in northern Ukraine where a group of young Ukrainians are picking up their shovels to clean up the ruins left by war.
Russia invaded the country in February, with many major cities targeted by missiles and artillery fire - leaving large buildings reduced to dust.
Ukrainian youth organisation Repair Together have set up what they call "clean up raves".
They invite DJs to play techno music as volunteers and locals work together to restore areas that were recently liberated from Russian occupation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-62478582
INFLUENCE OF MUSIC IN POLITICS
REPORTER | JONELLE AWOMOYI
BBC NEWSBEAT | RADIO BROADCAST & ONLINE ARTICLE
| 16 AUGUST 2022
Jonelle explores the influence of music in politics and how it’s shaped rap/hip-hop/grime. She speaks with rapper Kojey Radical and rapper ENNY Integrity about how current affairs affects their music.
HIGHEST PAID YOUTUBE STARS
REPORTER | JONELLE AWOMOYI
OUTSIDE SOURCE, BBC WORLD SERVICE RADIO | RADIO BROADCAST
| 14 JANUARY 2022
Jonelle reports on the highest paid YouTubers of 2021 - with Mr Beast topping the list making 55 million US dollars that year. She told World Service Presenter James Reynolds a number of reasons why he is so popular online looking at his viral content such as counting to 100,000 on the social media platform. She looked and anaylsed at his strategies alongside other Youtube stars that made the most paid list and looked what we can learn about what people are watching on Youtube from this list.
TACKLING INSTAGRAM SCAMS
RESEARCHER, REPORTER | JONELLE AWOMOYI
MONEYBOX, BBC RADIO 4 | RADIO BROADCAST
| 13 MARCH 2021
What to do if something goes wrong when you try to buy goods and services on Instagram..?
Jonelle conducted an investigation speaking with victims of fraud on the social media app, who believed that they were purchasing items or services from instagram based businesses. The business often had a lot of followers and good reviews but failed to provide the services that they promised. She discovered that many sellers asked customers to pay via bank transfer - keeping their costs down and reducing the consumers protection. She spoke to Instagram who recommended that 'people should use secure payment methods', but if you search bank transfer on the help centre on the app - there are no specific information on bank transfers at all.
Upon conducting this investigation Instagram have updated their software to protect buyers via including safer purchasing options on the application.
BROADCAST & ONLINE
01/12/2020
THE GLOBAL PHILOSOPHER VACCINE ETHICS
BBC RADIO 4 | RADIO BROADCAST
Is it acceptable to jump the queue for the Covid-19 vaccination, by flying to another country and paying for the injection? This is one of the questions Michael Sandel explores with an international panel of guests, as they discuss the moral issues surrounding the Covid-19 jab.
Jonelle researched and produced this programme which involved interviewing and briefing a range of people from a different walks of life from all around the world.
RESEARCHER, ASSISTANT PRODUCER | JONELLE AWOMOYI
BROADCAST & ONLINE
01/07 /2020
WHEN KATTY MET CARLOS
ASSISTANT PRODUCER & RESEARCHER | JONELLE AWOMOYI
BBC WORLD SERVICE | OCT 2020- JAN 2021
A BBC World Service and OZY Media co-production, presented by the BBC’s Katty Kay from World News America, and journalist and OZY co-founder Carlos Watson. Katty and Carlos are looking for answers to their questions; discovering solutions to the problems, and reflecting the widest possible range of opinion and thought.
BROADCAST & ONLINE
01/08/2020
THE REITH LECTURES: HOW WE GET WHAT WE VALUE
ASSISTANT PRODUCER | JONELLE AWOMOYI
BBC RADIO 4, BBC ONE | RADIO & TV BROADCAST
Mark Carney, the former Governor of the Bank of England, argues that the roots of the climate change threat lie in a deeper crisis of values. He suggests that we can create an ecosystem in which society’s values broaden the market’s conceptions of value.
BROADCAST & ONLINE
01/04/2020
SEARCHING FOR WISDOM
RESEARCHER| JONELLE AWOMOYI
BBC WORLD SERVICE | RADIO BROADCAST
A young woman is desperately searching for her brother in Lagos. On the night of 20th October, Nigerian soldiers opened fire at a peaceful demonstration camped at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos. The government say they fired into the air, but witnesses insist that unarmed protesters came under deliberate attack. Amnesty International says that 12 people died.
The incident has traumatised a highly popular political reform movement that began as a demand to close down the S.A.R.S., a notoriously corrupt and brutal police squad. In the aftermath, many of the movement’s young supporters are keeping a low profile. Some have had their bank accounts frozen and passports seized. Others have even fled overseas, in fear of their lives.
BROADCAST & ONLINE
SURVIVING UNEMPLOYMENT
RESEARCHER | JONELLE AWOMOYI
BBC RADIO 4 | RADIO BROADCAST
Covid is ravaging the UK's job market and the outlook for young jobseekers is bleak. But what can they learn from those who found themselves out of work during the Thatcher years?
Jonelle sourced approriate guests who were in their 20's and currently unemployed with those in their 40's or 50's who were previously unemployed duing the 1980's. She conducted interviews with the guest and made pairings for the three part audio documentary series.
