Elizabeth Osifelo
Elizabeth Osifelo was the first female football commentator in the Solomon Islands, originally from Honiara.[1][2] She was a part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation International Development (ABCID) department's "Women in News and Sports" WINS program in 2019.[1] She was a co-founder the Solomon Island Sports Journalism Association in 2021.[3][4] She was already a working journalist, and wrote about politics in college.[5][6][7] Osifelo commented during a game for the first Oceania Football Confederation women’s champions league.[8] She was selected to be a part of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup commentary and mobile journalism training program.[9] Osifelo was at Tavola News during the women's world cup.[9] Osifelo led a mobile storytelling workshop for women’s sports, also sponsored by the WINS program.[10] Before she was a breaking news reporter to cover fast moving destruction.[10]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leading Revolution in Football Commentary - Solomon Times Online". SolomonTimes.com. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ "Solomon Islands – where world news is all local | Lowy Institute". www.lowyinstitute.org. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ "What's behind the unrest in Solomon Islands?". ABC listen. 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ "ONOC Media Release - MASI acknowledge establishment of Sport Journalists Association". www.oceanianoc.org. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ↑ Needham, Kirsty (2021-12-06). "Solomon Islands prime minister survives no-confidence vote after riots". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ↑ McGuirk, Rod (2021-11-25). "Solomon Islands PM blames 'foreign powers' for unrest after Australia sends troops". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ↑ Wansolwara (2017-06-09). "More women in Solomon Islands politics — how it needs to be done | Asia Pacific Report". Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ↑ "Tourney ends on a high – The National". www.thenational.com.pg. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Kekea, Georgina (2023-07-22). "SI Female Journalists To FIFA Women's World Cup". Tavuli News. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Shrosbery, Karen. "MOBILE STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS EMBRACED BY WOMEN IN SPORT".
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