Mr. Olorunyomi is currently a Senior Fellow and Director of Nigeria Programs at the Panos Institute in Washington, DC. He has held this position since 1996. He also coordinates MediaNet, a network to strengthen freedom of expression through cross-border collaborative electronic reporting in and outside Nigeria. From 1993-95, he was Editor-in-Chief of The News for Independent Communications Network in Lagos, Nigeria. He had previously been Editor for African Guardian (1992-93), a publication by Guardian Press Limited of Lagos, Nigeria and Political Editor for African Concord Magazine (1991-92), published by Concord Press, Limited of Lagos, Nigeria.

His publications include: "Defiant Publishing in Nigeria;" Media Studies Journal; Fall 1996, Columbia University, New York and Access to Public Information and the African Media; University of Florida Press (forthcoming).

Mr Olorunyomi was a member of the 1994 International Visitors' Program to study Ethics in Government in the United States; Honorary Citizen of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; 1996 Distinguished Visitor, Urban Morgan Institute of Human Rights, College of Law, University of Cincinnati, Ohio; 1996 Krinock Guest Lecturer, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan; Recipient of the 1995 International Editor of the Year Award of the World Press Review; Recipient of the 1996 PEN Center (West) Freedom to Write Award; Press Freedom Award (1996) of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) New York.

His conference participation includes: panelist, Investigative Reporters and Convention (1996), Providence, Rhode Island; member, Planning Committee, World Congress of Free Nigerians (1996), Washington, DC; contributed paper to Nigeria-South Africa Joint Consultative Conference on Democracy and Human Rights, (1996) Johannesburg; panelist, Mass Media and Democratization in Africa (1997), University of Florida, Gainesville; panelist, National Consultation on U.S. Policy Toward Africa (1997), Africa Fund, Washington, DC; panelist, Democratic Challenge and Economic Reform in Nigeria (1997), Carnegie Institute for Peace, Washington, DC; contributed paper to Press and Democracy in Africa Conference (1997) organized by the North-South Institute of Ottawa, Canada; panelist, Aspects of Freedom in Media Convergence (1996) organized by the Canadian Association of Journalists, Toronto, Canada; invited participant, European Union Conference on Ethics of Communication in the 21st Century (1998) Oslo, Norway; guest lecturer, Norwegian Forum for Freedom of Expression Conference on the New Media in Africa (1998) Oslo, Norway.

Some of Mr. Olorunyomi's recent speaking engagements include: presentation on Press Freedom in Nigeria at the African Studies Forum, Harvard University, Boston; presentation on Africa in a Changing World at the Public Policy Institute, University of Denver; presentation on Law and Lawlessness in West African Politics at University of Texas at Austin; presentation on Civil Society Under Military Governance in Nigeria at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Mr Olorunyomi received his M.A. in Literary Studies in 1985 at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife.