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 Facebook (META), BET Networks, and Associated Press. Most recently, she hosted her live radio show “In Full Effect” on Amazon Music’s AMP platform.

Ivie has received Harvard's 2022 Eminence Award and 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, Afrochella (Afrofuture), Twitter, and more. She's done on-air commentary for ABC News Live, BBC Radio, NPR, BET, Entertainment Tonight, Sirius XM, Genius, Hot 97, MTV News, Netflix, and Revolt TV, with more commentary that has been featured in Nylon, Tidal, The Cut, Bustle, Racked, and more. She's been profiled in The Washington Post & APM Reports podcast and has appeared as a guest-hosted on Red Bull Radio. Ivie speaks on and moderates panels about media, music, journalism, identity, pop culture, the diaspora, and history. Ivie has written for dozens of publications and has appeared on major on-air networks over the past decade— from legacy magazines, newspapers, and both print and online outlets, to burgeoning sites and fresh platforms in the US and UK. Her reach and influence extend far beyond her hometown of New York City; Ivie and her work have received recognition and acclaim across North America, Europe, and Africa. 

A trained and decorated journalist with 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.

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