Ivie Ani Speaking Fee: $10,000 to $20,000
Travels From:
NYC - New York City
Primary Topic Category:
Journalists / News Media / Global Outlook / Current Events
Secondary Topic Category:
Pop Culture / College Programming
Ivie Ani Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Ivie Ani is an award-winning, internationally recognized journalist, writer, editor, critic, and on-air host covering culture. Her writing has been published in The New York Times Women in The World, The Village Voice, NY Mag, GQ, Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair, and many more. She is the former Editor In Chief & Editorial Director of AMAKA Studio and has held positions at Facebook (META), BET Networks, and Associated Press. In 2022, she received the Eminence Award from Harvard University where she also spoke. Ivie sets the tone and the bar for culture reporting, criticism, and tastemaking to enlighten, engage and produce work with a purpose.
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