Mark

Stop hating Ms.Ogunnaike.

I think she is a great reporter. This is something that you Nigerians can be proud of for once. Not the 419 scams you have become infamous with.

Ms. Ogunnaike you make me proud to be an African. A beacon of hope for Africa and all things African.

Liberiangirl

I feel that Lola’s articles at the Times were often about very interesting subjects but that her actual style of writing was bland. I have some favorite journalists and what I like about them is their engaging style of writing and their natural way with words. I feel that Lola’s writing was readable and made sense but that she didn’t have that extra something that marks a truly talented scribe. That said, it may be that she was limited by the Times in that respect. They probably demand a somewhat bland and “neutral” writing style. All in all my impressions of Lola are that she seems capable and hard-working but not especially talented. However, it is nice to see a young black woman getting so many breaks regardless.

Also she comes across on American Morning as being engaging, funny and bubbly but at the same time, as I said, the material she reports on is very silly indeed and she also seems to trip over her words quite a lot. Hopefully she’s enjoying her new gig though anyway.

Adeola

Are you speaking about all her work or just the American Morning work?

I must admit I haven’t seen her on American Morning yet, but hopefully she isn’t going to throw her Times credibility out of the window so early in her television career. The thing is though that there’s quite a difference in lifestyle/culture reporting for print as opposed to television – in America anyway. Unfortunately, lifestyle/culture reporting for television, especially on a morning show like that, lends itself to gossipy topics. Americans love that stuff, so maybe Ms. Ogunnaike is just playing the game. Hopefully she won’t get played in the end.