Yemisi Adegoke

Yemisi Adegoke is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster and writer. She reports for the BBC and her work spans investigations, podcasts, live television and digital. Her stories focus on human rights, gender, religion and corruption.

She has co-presented two seasons of World of Secrets, the BBC’s flagship investigative podcast. Season two, The Disciples, won a British Podcast Award and received a Rose D’Or nomination. Her original documentary The Cost of Being An Atheist was long listed for a One World  Media Award and her investigation Like. Share. Kill was cited in the UK Parliament. Yemisi has written for British Vogue, The Guardian, The Independent and Quartz and contributed the essay Homecoming to the anthology Loud Black Girls (Harper Collins). She has previously worked with CNN, ITN and The Discovery Channel. Her debut non-fiction book will be published by Dialogue (Hachette) in 2027.