Cecilia Egbele
The Observer Group Newspapers of Southern California
Cecil Egbele wears many hats, broadcaster, documentary filmmaker, a reporter, photojournalist, multimedia journalist and currently, works with the investigative and data units at Bloomberg News. Her film, “Blacklisted” exposes the age-long deportation suffered by some US military veterans. She has reported from the slums of Makoko, a floating community in Lagos, to the hilltop community in Shimla, the struggles of dementia caregivers in California, to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. She was the managing editor and contributing photographer of the Berkeley J School’s photobook, The Blurb, 2024. Cecil is a 2025 Berkeley Human Rights Center’s Fellow.
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