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Zaina Adamu
Associate Producer, CNN
Location: Atlanta, GA United States
Joined: May 19th, 2015

Zaina Adamu considers herself an artist who paints pictures with words. She�s a first-generation Ghanaian-American who was born and raised in New York. She�s been writing since she was a kid but fell in love with news writing in college and decided to become a journalist. Since then, she�s won numerous awards including a shared Peabody award and was recently honored as one of the nation�s Power 30 under 30. In her spare time she likes to run, dine, watch football (Go Ravens) and travel. She is currently in the process of writing her first novella. She holds a Bachelors of Art in English and Journalism from Morgan State University and currently resides in Atlanta.

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Morgan State University class of 2009

Undergrad Major: Journalism

Claim To Fame:

2015 ColorComm Executive Board of Directors 2014 Borgen Project Board Advisor 2013 Power 30 under 30 awards honoree 2013 Ghana Council of Georgia award recipient 2013 Ghanaian presidential dinner host 2012 CNN Image+Sound Rewards and Recognition award recipient 2012 Peabody award winner (shared) 2009 Morgan State University Excellence Award for breaking news coverage 2008 Certified Gemologist under the Gemological Institute of America

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I currently work with CNN as Associate Producer
I have years of experience working in the Arts, Entertainment, and Media industry.

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