Ivie Ani
Ivie Ani (ee-vyay ah-nee) is a journalist, writer, editor, media personality, and on-air host covering culture.
Ivie Ani is an award-winning, internationally recognized journalist, writer, editor, critic, and on-air host covering culture. Ivie is a Nigerian-American Bronx native and New York University alumna with a dual degree in Journalism and Africana Studies. Her writing has been published in The New York Times Women in The World, The Village Voice, NY Mag, GQ, Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair, VIBE Magazine, The Fader, NBC News, BBC, PAPER magazine, Pitchfork, Complex, LEVEL Magazine, OkayAfrica, Grazia UK, NYU’s Social and Cultural Analysis Journal, and more. She is the former Editor-In-Chief & Editorial Director of AMAKA Studio and the former Music Editor of Okayplayer and has held positions at META (Facebook and Instagram), BET Networks, and Associated Press. Ivie hosted her live radio show “In Full Effect” on Amazon Music’s AMP in 2023, and most recently re-launched her newsletter and digital series “In Full Effect” on Substack and Youtube. Ivie is currently the Branded Social Editor at Complex.
Ivie has received Harvard’s 2022 Eminence Award and the 2024 Journalist of the Year Unlabelled Award, and her writing has been nominated for The American Society of Magazine Editors Reader’s Choice Award. Ivie has spoken at Harvard University, Yale University, New York University, Wesleyan University, Fordham University, and Howard University. She has moderated panels for Sony Music, Sephora, United Masters, Instagram, Audiomack, AFROPUNK, Afrofuture, Twitter, and more. Ivie voiced the introduction for Burna Boy, the first African artist to headline Madison Square Garden in 2022. She introduced Wizkid at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival– the first Afrobeats artist to premiere a documentary at Tribeca. She's done on-air commentary for ABC News Live, Apple Music, BBC Radio, NPR, BET, Entertainment Tonight, MSG Network, Sirius XM, Genius, Hot 97, MTV News, Netflix, and Revolt TV, with more commentary that has been featured in Nylon, Tidal, The Cut, The Washington Post, Bustle, Racked, and more. Ivie speaks on and moderates panels about media, music, journalism, identity, pop culture, the diaspora, socio-political issues, and history.
Her reach and influence extend far beyond her hometown of New York City. Some people influence the masses and others influence the people that influence the masses. Ivie is at the intersection of both; an influential figure in media who’s earned the trust of audiences, celebrities, industry leaders, and professionals alike, through a platform built on accuracy and authenticity. Her sphere of influence spans media, music, the entertainment industry, the literary world, academia, the diaspora, North America, Africa, and Europe, mainstream, underground, youth, and community spaces.
A trained and decorated journalist with more than 10 years of experience in traditional print, digital media, the red carpet, radio, broadcast, and beyond, Ivie sets the tone and the bar for culture reporting, criticism, and tastemaking to enlighten, engage, and produce work with a purpose.
