A media professional and don who started her career with Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC) in 2002, Dr (Mrs) Atinuke Akintayo has been appointed acting Head of Department of Mass Communication, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State.
Dr Akintayo nee Owojori becomes the first female to head the department having succeeded Dr Peter Awofadeju.
Dr Atinuke Akintayo is a thoroughbred broadcaster and erudite media researcher/scholar with over two decades of experience in Journalism, Media Consultancy and Public Relations before joining academics.
She moved to FUTA Radio 93.1FM in 2011 after cutting her teeth in OSRC for 9 years. Thereafter she secured employed as a Newscaster/News Editor/ENG Editor at African Independent Television (AIT) DAAR Communications, Akure.
Dr. Atinuke Akintayo is an alumna of Imo state University from where she obtained her first degree in Mass communication. She later obtained a Master’s Degree in Mass Communication from University of Lagos (UNILAG) in 2012 and second Master’s Degree in Peace and Security Studies from Ekiti State University, Ekiti State, Nigeria in 2019.
Dr. Akintayo did not relent in acquiring knowledge as She later bagged her PhD, in Mass communication from Adeleke University, Ede Osun State, Nigeria, in 2021.
She left the media to join the services of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, (JABU), Ikeji Arakeji, Osun State, in 2013, where she is currently teaching Broadcast Journalism, Digital communication, Development Media Studies.
A specialist in Journalism, Broadcasting, Development Communication, Strategic Communication and Peace communication, Dr. Atinuke Akintayo has been involved in rural development programmes for teenage girls, women and children in rural communities.
Dr. Akintayo is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations Practitioners (NIPR) and the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) and Associate Fellow of the African Academics Network (AFAAN).
She has written several articles in reputable local and international Journals.