Adaora Udoji

Adaora Udoji
at the Montclair Film Festival, photo by Neil Grabowsky, 2019
Born (1967-12-30) December 30, 1967 (age 56)
United States[1]
EducationUniversity of Michigan,[2] University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
OccupationAdjunct professor at NYU
Years active1995–present

Adaora Udoji (born December 30, 1967) is an American journalist and producer.[3] She has worked in virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR),[4] and artificial intelligence (AI). She is an adviser to VR-AR Association-NYC Chapter, an adjunct professor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, and an occasional investor.

Previously, she was Chief Storyteller at Rothenberg Ventures and interim president of the media-tech startup News Deeply, which Time magazine calls, "the future of news".[5] She has also served as a board-member of the Montclair Film Festival[6] and the Women's Advisory Board at NBCUniversal.[7] She was also a Woodrow Wilson fellow and subsequently founded the Boshia Group,[8] a network of content and operational strategists, producers and storytellers.

She is among a small group of journalists who have worked in network and cable news, as well as public radio. She is also on the list of 20 Black Angels Worth Knowing For Minority Startups.[9]

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  2. ^ "Adaora Udoji". Pipeline Fellowship. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  3. ^ Ardalan, Davar (August 17, 2017). "The Keepers of VR". HuffingtonPost.com. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  4. ^ "NYCEDC and MOME announce first publicly funded U.S. VR lab". CrainsNewYork.com. December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  5. ^ "Meet The Inspiring Woman Breaking News About Syria As She Reinvents Digital Journalism". FastCompany.com. September 11, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  6. ^ "Who We Are | Montclair Film Festival". montclairfilmfest.org. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "News - NBC Universal Careers". Nbcunicareer.com. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  8. ^ "As Virtual Reality Content Gains Traction, Bigger Dollars Flow to Ad-Tech Players". September 14, 2016.
  9. ^ "20 Black Angels Worth Knowing For Minority Startups - Black Enterprise". www.BlackEnterprise.com. May 9, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2017.