STei (WMF)

Sandister Tei

Community Relations Specialist - Community Tech and Trust & Safety Product, Wikimedia Foundation

🏆 Wikimedian of the Year 2020

About me

Formerly a media person who has worked in different capacities in print, broadcast and digital.

I have worked previously with Al Jazeera Media Network, specifically AJ+; Citi FM and Citi TV; and Multimedia Group in roles like Sub-Saharan Africa reporting, broadcasting, programs management, content acquisitions and relations management for partners like the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Voice of America. I have also held social and digital media management and video journalism roles.

I have also been a journalism, digital media and content consultant for re:publica, the United States Embassy's YALI, U.S. Agency for Global Media, Impact Hub and the Jack Ma Foundation.

I am a co-founder and an active volunteer of Wikimedia Ghana User Group, a Ghanaian community of Wikipedia editors. I was named Wikimedian of the Year in October 2020.

My work

I advise and assist with collaboration and communication with communities about product development, community-facing product changes, and roll-outs.

I work within the Community Relations subteam of Movement Communications in the Communications department.

Disclaimer: I work for or provide services to the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I try to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, and edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

Contact me

stei@wikimedia.org

User language

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