Position: Project Associate – Data and New Media Employment Type: fixed term Contract Duration of Employment: six months Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (20% travel) Deadline for Application: March 10, 2021 Organizational Profile: MERSA Media Institute is a nonprofit media policy think tank. We work to help create vibrant, responsible and independent media institutions, professional …
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TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES Job Title: Document Translator Type of Contract: Individual Contractors Language Required: Amharic and Affan Oromo Duration: until 25 March 2021 Expected Starting Date: As soon as possible Application Deadline: March 03, 2021 Organizational Profile: MERSA Media Institute is a nonprofit media policy think tank. We work to help create …
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2021): With the increasing production, distribution and consumption of digital content, the spread of misinformation on various online media platforms has gathered speed in Ethiopia, in the past few years, fanning ethnic strife, causing distrust among a variety of groups and cultures, eroding tolerance and co-existence among people and communities, and more …
Fact-Checking Training for Ethiopian media to combat dis/mal/mis-information Read More »
Employment Type: fixed term Contract Duration of Employment: 6 months Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Deadline: March15, 2021 Start Date: April 01, 2021 Organizational Profile: MERSA Media Institute is a nonprofit media policy think tank. We work to help create vibrant, responsible and independent media institutions, professional unions and education centers through research, capacity building and …
Employment Type: fixed term Contract Duration of Employment: 6 months Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Deadline: March 15, 2021 Start Date: April 01, 2021 Organizational Profile: MERSA Media Institute is a nonprofit media policy think tank. We work to help create vibrant, responsible and independent media institutions, professional unions and education centers through research, capacity building …
February 2, 2021 February, 2021, is shaping up to be one of the most instrumental periods in the history of the Ethiopia’s media sector. How? On the 2nd of February the Ethiopian legislative body has taken a monumental step in adopting a new media law; a piece of legislation considered to be the most progressive …
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Ethiopia’s government communications minister has said media and communication reforms are underway with key stakeholders invited for all-hands-on-deck improvement agenda. But what are the important changes the country’s media needs to undergo to function properly? Henok Fente of MERSA Media Institute explains on a special report for CIMA. By Henok Fente Just a few months ago, …
ETHIOPIA IS UNSHACKLING THE MEDIA, BUT TRUE INDEPENDENCE WILL DEPEND ON REFORMS Read More »
Roundtable Discussions on Setting Up Fact-checking Teams in Ethiopian Newsrooms (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) On the 14th and 15th of December 2020, a roundtable discussion on how to set-up fact-checking teams in Ethiopian Newsrooms was held with managers and editors from four media outlets, namely Fana Broadcasting Corporation, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, Addis Fortune and Ethiopia Insider. …
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: MERSA Media Institute handed over organizational documents to Editors Guild Ethiopia Board, December 8th, 2020. The handover ceremony commenced with an opening remark from the executive director of MERSA Media Institute (MMI), Henok Fente. Then, Fiker Tadesse, project manager of MMI described the work that was done in developing the six organizational …
Editors Guild Ethiopia (EGE) organizational documents handover Read More »
In March 2019, Ethiopia’s oldest journalist association called members of the media for a press conference to commemorate its 50th anniversary. Ethiopia Hotel, founded within the same decade as the association, was the chosen venue. Two service staffers were busy handing out golden jubilee banners—a last-minute effort to get the conference room ready.Meseret Atalay, president …
UNDERSTANDING JOURNALIST ASSOCIATIONS IN ETHIOPIA Read More »
MERSA Media Institute is a non-profit African-American media policy think tank. We work to help create vibrant, responsible and independent press, professional unions and education centers through research, capacity building and institutional support in Africa.
