# CR Journalism (CRJ)


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- [Traders and residents at Ikirun Alamisi Market seek help with refuse dumping](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/traders-and-residents-at-ikirun-alamisi-market-seek-help-with-refuse-dumping/): IKIRUN, Nigeria — Traders and residents around Alamisi Market in Ikirun, Osun State, are asking the government for help clearing dumped refuse that they say is harming their health and their businesses. The video above, built from interviews recorded at the market, shows the refuse and what people say it is like to live and work beside it. “The smell of the dumped refuse here is becoming unbearable to us,” said Maria Mátànmí, a resident and community elder. “We therefore call on the government to come to our aid by helping us to clear and clean the area.” Tobiloba Temilade, 20, […]
- [Osogbo residents rally to help flood victims, seek relocation support](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/osogbo-residents-rally-to-help-flood-victims-seek-relocation-support/):   OSOGBO, Nigeria — Floodwater damaged homes and farmland in Oke-Osun, Osogbo, on October 2 , leaving walls collapsed, family belongings scattered and families displaced. The narrated video above shows the affected area and how residents are responding. The flooding followed days of heavy rain in the Osun State capital. Reports since Sept. 27 have described the Osun River overflowing its banks in parts of Osogbo. The Tribune reported Sept. 28 that a downpour flooded homes and streets and that blocked drainage channels left floodwater with nowhere to go. New Telegraph reported Oct. 1 that some Osogbo families were counting losses […]
- [Children with autism and other disabilities join art and dance sessions in Dakar](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/children-with-autism-and-other-disabilities-join-art-and-dance-sessions-in-dakar/):   Children with autism and other disabilities took part in visual arts and performance activities on September 3 at a place called Jaxaay in Dakar, in a session organized by Solidarité Enfance Inclusive (SEI), a nonprofit organization based in Dakar. About 20 children danced and sang local songs during the session. The natural sound video above follows it from the traditional Senegalese drum to local dancing steps using only the sights and sounds recorded on site. The session takes place in a country where many children with disabilities remain outside school. UNICEF estimates that more than 35,000 children with disabilities are […]
- [Uncovered: What's Really on Dakar's Street Fruit](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/uncovered-whats-really-on-dakars-street-fruit/): DAKAR, Senegal – Walk through one of Dakar’s open-air fruit shops before the morning traffic thickens, and you’ll find a scene that has barely changed in generations: mangoes stacked by hand, pineapples fanned out under the sun, vendors calling out to passersby just steps from motorcycles and taxis weaving past. It’s one of the most familiar images of daily life in the city, and one of its least examined health stories. A 2024 study published in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Microbiology sampled 240 pieces of fruit and vegetables, including mango slices, from street stalls and open-air fruit shops across Dakar, and […]
- [More than an ID: Inside Senegal's push for real disability inclusion](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/more-than-an-id-inside-senegals-push-for-real-disability-inclusion/):   The latest episode of Beyond the News Bites, a podcast hosted by journalist Mutiu Olawuyi, examines how Senegal’s Equal Opportunities Card translates disability rights into everyday services. Senegal counts more than 1.1 million people with disabilities, according to the country’s Ministry of Health and Social Action, nearly 6 percent of the national population. The episode features Anta Ndiaye of Senegal’s Department for the Promotion and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. Ndiaye described the card as a social protection tool that gives people with disabilities access to defined social, health, education, training and economic services. The card, known in French as […]
- [US skateboard envoys close out Dakar youth clinic in style](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/us-skateboard-envoys-close-out-dakar-youth-clinic-in-style/): The United States Embassy in Senegal closed a week-long skateboarding exchange program on September 12, 2026 at Patte-d’Oie, ahead of Dakar’s turn hosting the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, the first Olympic sporting event to be held on African soil. The closing ceremony drew the mayors of Dakar, Grand Yoff and Thiès, the president of the Senegalese National Olympic and Sports Committee, the president of the Organizing Committee of the Youth Olympic Games, and the president of the Senegalese Roller-Skate Federation. The week’s clinics were led by Dr. Neftalie Williams, the first U.S. Sports Ambassador for Skateboarding, and Olympic skateboarder Minna Stess, […]
- [The Bronx has the stories, but Hollywood isn't watching](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/the-bronx-has-the-stories-but-hollywood-isnt-watching/): Terra Renee has spent 28 years pushing the film industry to make room for stories it has historically ignored. As founder and president of the African American Women In Cinema Organization, she has built platforms and professional networks for women of color filmmakers. In an exclusive interview with Mutiu Olawuyi, Renee spoke about what it would take for the Bronx’s West African immigrant community to get its own stories onto screen. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Q: When you think about African immigrant communities in the Bronx specifically, how visible are their stories in film and media […]
- [New York-based nonprofit pairs free cancer screenings with culture, as Congress weighs National African Heritage Month](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/new-york-based-nonprofit-pairs-free-cancer-screenings-with-culture-as-congress-weighs-national-african-heritage-month/): THE BRONX, N.Y. — A New York-based commission representing African immigrants will fold free cancer screenings into its seventh annual African Heritage Month celebration on Sept. 12, betting that music, fashion and food will draw a larger crowd than a stand-alone health fair could reach, according to the group’s chairman. The event, held with the Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center for the third consecutive year, runs from 3 to 8 p.m. at Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Robbins Auditorium, said Mory Kouyaté, chairman and founder of the African Immigrant Commission of New York and Connecticut. Attendees can register on-site for free […]
- [Bronx's West African boom is outpacing Parkchester's ballot box, city data show](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/bronxs-west-african-boom-is-outpacing-parkchesters-ballot-box-city-data-show/): THE BRONX, N.Y. — Africans now make up 12% of the Bronx’s foreign-born population, more than double their 5% share citywide, and in the borough’s Parkchester-area district, more than 10,600 young adults are eligible to vote but not yet registered; a reserve of civic power that has not caught up with the neighborhood’s rapid growth, according to two city reports released this year. The findings come from The Newest New Yorkers, 2026, a New York City Department of City Planning report, and the Bronx Community District 9 Community Profile, from the New York City Campaign Finance Board’s NYC Votes initiative. Together, […]
- [A Bronx health exemption is the right fix for SNAP's new work rules](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/a-bronx-health-exemption-is-the-right-fix-for-snaps-new-work-rules/): A diabetic grandmother in Parkchester now has 80 hours a month to account for, or she loses the food assistance that helps her afford insulin-friendly meals. New federal work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program took full effect in New York City on March 1, 2026, requiring roughly 123,000 residents identified as Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents to document monthly work, training or volunteer hours to retain benefits, according to the city’s Human Resources Administration. The policy lands hardest in the Bronx, where 40% of residents already rely on SNAP and 39% report food insecurity — the highest rate of any […]
- [When food aid comes with homework: How new SNAP rules are testing the Bronx](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/when-food-aid-comes-with-homework-how-new-snap-rules-are-testing-the-bronx/):   Lawrence Seiler spent over twenty years exempt from proving he deserved help feeding his family. As of March 1, 2026, that exemption no longer exists for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers like him. New federal work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP or food stamps, took full effect in New York City this spring, requiring roughly 123,000 residents identified as Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents to document 80 hours per month of work, education or volunteer service to keep their benefits, according to the city’s Human Resources Administration. The change lands with particular force in […]
- [Beyond The Headlines: Sheikh Musa Drammeh And His Advocacy for Health Equity in New York](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/sheikh-musa-drammeh-and-his-advocacy-for-health-equity/): An Interview with Sheikh Musa Drammeh and Daniel O’Conor….
- [From fatigue to function: How a Bronx Imam built a prevention movement that changed New York policy](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/from-fatigue-to-function-how-a-bronx-imam-built-a-prevention-movement-that-changed-new-york-policy/): Twelve years ago, Sheikh Musa Drammeh could not climb two flights of stairs without stopping to catch his breath. The Bronx community organizer visited his physician complaining of fatigue and persistent weakness. Blood work returned clean. A cardiologist found nothing abnormal. Then his doctor asked a question that would quietly redirect his life’s work — and eventually reshape public health policy across New York State. “Do you exercise?” she asked. He did not. “So I came home,” Drammeh recalled in an exclusive interview with CR Journalism. “For the first time in years, I started exercising seriously, walking, jumping jacks, push-ups, sit-ups, […]
- [NYC disability advocates say funding cuts threaten job security for workers with special needs](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/nyc-disability-advocates-say-funding-cuts-threaten-job-security-for-workers-with-special-needs/): By Mutiu Olawuyi Disability advocates in New York City are warning that cuts to support organizations are eroding employment stability for workers with disabilities, even as a 40-plus percentage point employment gap separates disabled and non-disabled New Yorkers in the city’s labor market. The New York Employment Services System reports that only 31.2% of working-age New Yorkers with disabilities, those ages 18 to 64, are employed, compared to 72% of residents without disabilities. The Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities estimates that approximately one million New Yorkers, roughly 11% of the city’s population, live with some form of disability. Lawrence Seiler, […]
- [Introduction to My Journalism Blog: Constructive Restorative Journalism](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/introduction-to-my-journalism-blog/): Why I am starting CR Journalism — a professional new media blog built on Constructive Restorative Journalism, focused on Africa, the diaspora, and underrepresented communities.
- [Test Post](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/test-post/): This is my first test post on CR Journalism. I am setting up this blog as my professional online space for my New Media Journalism graduate program and my developing work in constructive restorative journalism.

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- [About Mutiu Olawuyi](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/about-2/): My name is Mutiu Olawuyi. I am a journalist, communication strategist, educator, entrepreneur, and peace advocate whose work connects media, education, community development, peacebuilding, African affairs, diaspora life, politics, diplomacy, and literature. I work across West Africa, especially Nigeria, Senegal, and The Gambia, and the United States, particularly New York. My journalism is shaped by my experience with African and diaspora communities, underserved populations, civic institutions, educational initiatives, interfaith relations, and community-centered development. My primary journalism focus is Constructive Restorative Journalism. This approach reports problems truthfully while also examining context, causes, consequences, possible solutions, community resilience, and pathways to repair. I […]
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- [Contact](https://crjournalism.mutiuolawuyi.com/contact/): Thank you for visiting CR Journalism. Use this page to send story ideas, corrections, professional inquiries, interview requests, collaboration opportunities, or feedback about published work. I welcome messages from readers, journalists, educators, students, community leaders, nonprofit organizations, faith communities, public officials, and members of African and diaspora communities. For privacy and safety, please do not submit confidential or sensitive information through this form unless you are comfortable sharing it digitally.
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