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Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo is a Freelance Journalist and Broadcaster stationed in Toronto, Canada. She started her career as a Pharmacist in 1988/89 graduating from The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, the first Pharmacy school in the US (1821). In 1996, she started a broadcast career as a Medical Talk Show Host on CBS Radio's V103FM/Heaven 600AM Baltimore. In 1996, she graduated from Goucher College School of Public Relations in Maryland, USA and in 2002, she made her broadcasting career official by attending the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland as a news major where she learned TV and Radio news.
Beginning in 1997, she became a Freelance Medical Reporter and Contributor for the Baltimore Times , wrote and produced investigational medical stories for WBAL-TV, Baltimore and CNN Medical Bureau in Washington DC notably the acclaimed1997 CNN undercover investigational story about the "Dangers of teens and rave parties" where kids do psychedelic drugs in abandoned buildings and party all night. In 1999, she was named local PR Spokeswoman for CVS Corporation , in the Baltimore, Maryland area. CVS is America's largest drugstore and her pharmacy employer of 15 years. She also co-ordinated local community health programs. Kemi worked in Media, PR and Pharmacy at the same time.
She interned and learned radio news at WBAL Radio the top News/talker in Baltimore, Maryland where she got hands on experience and thus developed her passion for radio news and programming. She consequently moved to Atlanta in 2003 where she worked mostly as a Freelance Reporter with several media organizations doing traffic news, radio news, anchoring TV documentaries, voice overs and even as a contributor/commentator for the local paper in the "radio talk" section of the AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution Newspapers.)
After 27 years, she returned home to work for Radio Nigeria as a Radio Host/News Anchor. While home in Nigeria, she did some Vee-Jay work with MTV Africa known as MTV Base and also a TV news Anchor/Reporter for a local TV station.
Kemi has received several broadcast, pharmacy and community awards including a Nigeria Media Merit Award nomination for 2007 Best Female Radio Personality , a shared producer/writer Emmy award for an investigational story she wrote about while in Maryland "The problem of forged prescriptions in America", The Governor of Maryland's 1997 Volunteer of the Year award namely Maryland's Most Beautiful People , 1996 Johnson & Johnson's Pharmacist of the Year (My Favorite Pharmacist contest) , 2006 Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria "Pharmacist of the Year" and more awards to mention.
She has been profiled in hundreds of magazines and newspapers including Baltimore Times (1997), The Afro-American News (1998), The Owings Mills Times, Maryland (1997) Atlanta Woman (2005), A 2005 AJC Real Estate Cover story (Avonlea resident has gift of bringing people together), The Westerner (Profile), The Mirror (Nigeria needs to regulate pharmacy) Nigerian Tribune (Nigeria won't change until women take over, We need more press freedom in Nigeria), Newswatch (Profile) 2006, Newsweek magazine (The death of JFK Jr) 2005, America's "Time Magazine" on the dangers of Al-Qaeda hiding in Africa (1998), several tabloids in Nigeria (City People Magazine's 500 Nigerian Celebrity Women) , Global Excellence, First Weekly, Fame magazine (2006), cover story of "Famasi magazine" (The annual journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria).
Kemi has also been featured on several media outlets between 1998-99 when she launched a video titled ("Yes you can raise a child drug-free.) The video received several accolades from many drug education groups like the D.A.R.E programs around the country and police departments as well as schools. Most notably, the Baltimore City school system approved the use of the video for use in city schools. For the first time in years, drug use in high school students was down 40% in Baltimore during the year 1998. She appeared on Maryland Public Television to talk about the video and local TV stations like WJZ-TV and WBAL-TV. In 1996, she served as the guest expert for BET's (Black Entertainment TV) Teen Summit , a live teenage talk show where the topic was "Drug use in black kids."
Kemi moved to Canada in June 2007 , lives in Toronto and is a single parent who has raised three sons, 21, 16 and 7. She celebrated her 20th anniversary as a Pharmacist in the U.S in May 2008 and is currently taking a series of pharmacy licensure exams to get registered in Ontario, Canada. Meanwhile Kemi works as the Chief Foreign Correspondent for Radio Nigeria International (North America) covering Canada and the USA. She has just recently covered the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 27-29th 2008. She is also a full time professional blogger and local freelance Journalist. She manages a total of 8 blogs ranging in different topics. She also practices Public Relations by organizing PR campaigns for events and Entertainers. She is an active member of NATAS (National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences--The Emmys) , NAWOJ (Nigerian Association of Women Journalists) , APC (The world renowned Atlanta Press Club) and the Hollywood Foreign Press (Golden Globes). Kemi hosted the Oscar red carpet party for the 2005 nomination of the Late TuPac Shakur's documentary "Ressurection" and also co-hosted the Miss Oyo State beauty pageant in Nigeria in 2006.
As a commendation for her extensive work in drug abuse, she was highly recommended and sponsored by Congress man Elijah Cummings , Congressman Kweisi Mfume and Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland for a green card visa and consequently earned U.S permanent status under the classification of "Alien of Exceptional ability." She was approved by the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), now Department of Homeland Security in a remarkable ONE DAY! A process that takes up to two years. Her contribution in drug abuse education to the U.S Department of Education during the Clinton era was considered by the White house as remarkable. Kemi ultimately met President Bill Clinton during the volunteer honors ceremonies sponsored by Gen Colin Powell in 1998. Kemi volunteered as a campaign worker for former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy-Townsend's bid for Governor of Maryland in 2002. Kennedy-Townsend is the oldest of the late Robert F Kennedy's 10 children. She says she is very interested in Canadian politics as it affects the community and she herself is the daughter of a renowned and prominent longtime Nigerian Political icon Victor Omololu-Olunloyo.
On moving to Canada, she calls Toronto the "Best place in the world" with the city itself being named in the media as the world's 5th most liveable city in the world. She served as an interim Communications Director and Publicist for the CABJ (Canadian Association for Black Journalists) last fall 2007. Kemi covered her first MMVA's on June 15th 2008, an iconic music award show in Toronto, Canada (Much Music Video awards) and got to interview several entertainers including Rihanna, Flo-Rida, Sean Kingston, Akon, Kardinal Offishall, Girlicious, Jesse McCartney, Perez Hilton, Sporty Spice, New Kids on the Block, Simple Plan, Ill Scarlet, Kristin Cavallari, Brody Jenner and more. She also got a big opportunity to interview the new Playboy Playmate of the Year 2008 , a Canadian model named Jayde Nicole. That interview was also shown on America's Playboy TV channel as part of Jayde's tour back home. Her all time favourite music artists she says are Madonna, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Motley Crue, Atlanta Rapper Shawty Lo, and Canadian Rap group Point Blank . You can view all her weblogs from the main portal at www.hiphossip.com Kemi also provides Music Consultation services with regards to Public Relations and Marketing. She teaches prospective artists how to market themselves and get ahead in the music business.
Today, Kemi's interests circles around media topics, music news, developing safe and healthy communities and support for single mothers as well as the cause of Autism and Aspergers syndrome. Her oldest son suffered profound autism as a child and is now diagnosed as a high function aspergers patient who lives and works independently in Toronto. A true success story as told on CNN's i-report on World Autism day, April 2nd 2008 . She recently wrote a piece on Fox-5 Washington DC's black portal My Voice DC about censorship in American programming when Cartoon Network refused to air two controversial episodes of the black cartoon "Boondocks." The very same cartoons were aired on Teletoon in Canada. A statement released to Keminications Media by Teletoon stated that they "do not shy away from controversy" and believe in Free speech. She is available to speak at any event on any topic in the community at NO CHARGE. She can be reached at mediakemi@rogers.com or 647-344-5390.
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