Steve Osunsami


Steve Osunsami is an American journalist. He has been a correspondent for ABC News in Atlanta, Georgia since 1997, contributing reports to World News with David Muir,
Good Morning America, and other ABC News broadcasts and platforms.

Early Life & Education

Osunsami was born in Washington, DC to parents who were Nigerian immigrants. Osunsami has shared that he came from poverty and is a graduate of the Head Start Program. He is a graduate of University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where being an Illinois Broadcasting Association intern helped launch his career.

Career

He started his career 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 in 1997.
His work has taken him all over the country, from covering 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.
Osunsami was the subject of political debate after he was one of several African-American reporters who showed emotion live on the air on the night of the election of the nation's first black president, Barack Obama.
An essay by Osunsami was featured in the book, “My America: What My Country Means to Me, by 150 Americans from All Walks of Life,” edited by Hugh Downs.
Osunsami has won or been nominated for many awards, including a 2016 National Emmy Award.

Personal

He is married to Joe Remillard.