Stella Din-Jacob is a seasoned journalist, news manager, and lawyer with a career spanning about three decades in local and international media. The Director of News at TVC News, Din-Jacob, had a stint working as National Head of News and General Manager News 24 for Silverbird Communications. She has also freelanced for a number of international media organisations including CNN, Al Jazeera, Vatican Radio and the Guardian London.
An accomplished broadcast news journalist, Din-Jacob pioneered diplomatic reporting of events across the continent of Africa and covered extensively meetings of the United Nations, Commonwealth, African Union and Ecowas at Channels Television.
She undertook a foundation course at the university of Warwick and graduated from the University of Kent with Bachelor of Law degree in 1992. She attended the Nigerian Law School in 1993 and was called to bar.
For her lifelong contribution to journalism and democracy in Nigeria, WSCIJ presents her with the 2022 Lifetime Award for Journalistic Excellence.