Inspirational: INSIDE Story of STEVE OSUNSAMI, Nigerian broadcasting kid riding on the wings of ABC News in America for 25 years *Reigns as a senior national correspondent contributing for World News with David Muir, Good Morning America *Born into a poor family of Nigerian immigrants parents, graduated from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana *Started journalism as an Illinois Broadcasting Association intern and writing for The Daily Illini helped launch media career *Worked at WREX-TV in Rockford, Illinois, WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and at KOMO-TV in Seattle before becoming a correspondent for ABC News *Covered riots in Baltimore and Ferguson Missouri to the 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida, and the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at the Charleston church shooting in 2015 *Subject of political debate as an African-American reporter who showed emotion live on the air on the night of the election of the nation s first black president, Barack Obama *Celebrated media practitioner has won or been nominated for many awards, including a 2016 National Emmy Award *BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor
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