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MERSA Media Institute in partnership with the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) gathered a group of 20 stakeholders and experts in Ethiopia’s media sector to help outline a series of actions that should be taken over the next year to strengthen the current reform process, particularly by building space for dialogue and consultation around …

Developing Plans of Action for Media Reform in Ethiopia (May–June 2019) Read More »

MERSA Media Institute held a two-week media training workshop in Addis Ababa for journalists that work at Addis Fortune—the largest circulating weekly business newspaper in Ethiopia. The workshop focused on business and economic reporting.The lead trainer for the project, Henok Fente, designed the curriculum and implemented the workshop in collaboration with Addis Fortune’s in-house training …

Business and Economic Reporting Workshop (September–October 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Read More »

MERSA Media Institute believes it is essential to invest in capacity building initiatives that help journalists gain new and practical skills of reporting in order to make a meaningful contribution to democratic progress in Ethiopia. In October 2018, our organization in collaboration with Amhara Mass Media Agency and the Amhara Regional State conducted a workshop …

Reporting on Regional and National Economies (October 2018, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia) Read More »