"Emerging African Young Professionals: A conversation between CongoLive's Patricia Lokwa and a New York 1 TV Personality, Naomi Yane." Naomi Yane joined NY1 as a traffic reporter in July of 2010. She previously worked as a traffic producer with Metro Networks/Shadow Traffic at WCBS-TV. Prior to that, she interned as a reporter and writer at the United Nations English-language radio unit. Yané is a New York native with roots in The Democratic Republic of the Congo. She speaks four languages and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.