Steve Osunsamiis one of ABC News’ longest-serving Senior National Correspondents. He reports for a number of broadcasts, platforms, and primetime specials including “World News with David Muir” and “Good Morning America”. In 2016, Osunsami won a National Emmy Award for his reporting on the police shooting of Walter Scott in South Carolina. Most recently in 2021, Osunsami led the team that investigated the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. In the summer of 2020, Osunsami reported on the racial unrest following the police killing of George Floyd for ABC News and has reported extensively on the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic effects of the statewide shutdowns, and the search for a vaccine throughout 2020.
WPGU Program Director J. Sidney Malone speaks with Steve Osunsami about his life, career, and how the Daily Illini helped him get there.
Read the Daily Illini's profile of Steve Osunsami here.
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