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Chisom Peter Job
Chisom Peter Job is a Lagos-based journalist and consultant whose work covers culture and technology. He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, PinkNews and more. He is also the founder of the film/tv publication CineChat and was formerly the editor-in-chief of Living Free U.K., an LGBTQ+ organization. He is a 2021 nominee of the Future awards africa prize for journalism, a 2022 KeKere Storyteller Cohort and regularly consults for Wondery Media, and Amazon Company. He speaks French and English.
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