With a career in television that has spanned more than two decades, Ojinika Obiekwe is a Nigerian-born Emmy award-winning journalist who has interviewed people from all walks of life - including A-list celebrities, politicians and the news-makers of our time. Read More

Born and raised in Enugu, Nigeria – Ojinika is the second of five children. At the age of 16, after graduating from high school, she moved to the United States for college where she studied Communications/Broadcast Journalism at Seton Hall University.

A chance encounter brought her to New York’s WPIX-TV (PIX11 News) as an intern...fast forward 20 years and counting, she went from Intern to Assignment Editor to Producer, and then Entertainment Correspondent .

Oji knew stepping into the spotlight was in the cards for her, after she was awarded a fellowship in 2007 by the National Association of Black Journalists – to report in Senegal, getting her first chance to be on-camera as a reporter.

“After that piece on my Senegal trip aired, I just knew that I was right where I was supposed to be, doing what I was meant to do and I count my blessings every single day.

During her time as the Entertainment Anchor for PIX11 News, Oji took center stage interviewing some of Hollywood's biggest names which include the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Robert Deniro, Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, George Clooney, The Rock, and many more.

An experience she says “can be surreal sometimes - “I knew I wanted to be a journalist, but that dream never went farther than print journalism; I figured I’d graduate and write for some paper, but luckily fate took it’s course and I ended up here and I honestly couldn’t think of anything I would rather be doing as a career.

Oji now steps into her next great chapter, knowing that this is more than just a career. It's a calling. “The best part of my job, is the fact that not only am I great at what I do, I also realized that through this, I can reach so many people and touch many lives, especially women; not just here in the U.S. but also in Nigeria, the entire continent of Africa, and hopefully all over the world.

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