Zainab Boladale Explained

Zainab Boladale
Birth Place:Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality:Irish
Years Active:2017–present
Employer:RTÉ Television

Zainab Boladale is a Nigerian-Irish television presenter, reporter, public speaker and content creator. She was the first person of African heritage to work in the RTÉ newsroom.

Career

Zainab Boladale's first job was at Irish Independent in 2017.[1] She then went on to become one of the presenters of RTÉ Television's children's programme, news2day, the first person of African heritage to become a news anchor on RTÉ.[2] [3] [4] She remained on that show from 2017 to 2019. From 2019, she moved to Nationwide.[5] [6] [7]

Boladale has spoken about her experiences, receiving racist abuse after taking up her position in RTÉ. The majority of the abusive content came through a YouTube channel targeting her, and led to RTÉ calling on social media to take more action in tackling abusive channels.[8] The channel was deactivated after the news coverage of Boladale's experiences.

Boladale was one of the featured speakers at the Beyond Representation in September 2019.[9]

Personal life

Boladale was born in Lagos, Nigeria, moving to Ennis, County Clare, Ireland with her mother and siblings at age 4. She has a younger brother and sister. She attended Scoil Chríost Rí, Cloughleigh and Gaelcholáiste an Chláir, Ennis. She is a fluent Irish speaker.[10] She graduated with the BA in Journalism from Dublin City University in 2017.[11] She won the 2017 DCU Hybrid Awards Journalist of the Year,[12] and was nominated for U magazine’s 30 Under 30 Awards the same year.[13]

Notes and References

  1. News: Armstrong . Kathy . 'I've been called a n****r and a monkey' – RTE presenter Zainab Boladale tells of abuse by racist trolls . 14 June 2020 . Irish Independent . 18 November 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: Ireland: First Afro-Irish woman appointed as News TV presenter . European Web Site on Integration . 14 June 2020 . en.
  3. News: Dunne . Seán . ‘I don’t see myself as a Nigerian woman who landed a job in RTÉ’ . 14 June 2020 . The Irish Times . 8 September 2017 . en.
  4. News: Inside Track . 14 June 2020 . Business Post . 10 September 2017 . en.
  5. News: RTÉ journalist subjected to stream of online abuse . 14 June 2020 . 18 November 2019 . en.
  6. News: Demolder . Kate . The Children's Television Reporter Whose Career Has Been Marred By Racism . 14 June 2020 . Irish Tatler . 26 February 2020 . en.
  7. Web site: International Women's Day 2018 – Zainab Boladale . www.immigrantcouncil.ie . 14 June 2020 . en.
  8. News: Dwyer . Orla . RTÉ journalist experienced racist abuse online for over two years . 14 June 2020 . TheJournal.ie . 18 November 2019 . en.
  9. Web site: Roantree . Megan . An Event Celebrating Women Of Colour In Ireland Is Taking Place This Weekend . Stellar . 14 June 2020 . en.
  10. News: Ennis woman joins RTÉ children’s news team . 14 June 2020 . The Clare Champion . 8 September 2017.
  11. Web site: Zainab Boladale . www.dcu.ie . 14 June 2020.
  12. Web site: EBCF: Rosita Boland & Zainab Boladale discuss Careers and Media . Glor . 14 June 2020.
  13. News: Darmody . Jenny . RTÉ’s Zainab Boladale: ‘There’s an assumption that a TV job is easy’ . 14 June 2020 . Silicon Republic . 7 March 2019 . en.

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