April 28, 2004: Headlines: COS - Ethiopia: Radio: NPR: International Journalists Network: Megan Williams of National Public Radio (NPR) demonstrated field editing and the recording equipment she is using while freelancing in Ethiopia, where her parents were Peace Corps volunteers in the 1960s.

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Megan Williams of National Public Radio (NPR) demonstrated field editing and the recording equipment she is using while freelancing in Ethiopia, where her parents were Peace Corps volunteers in the 1960s.

 Megan Williams of National Public Radio (NPR) demonstrated field editing and the recording equipment she is using while freelancing in Ethiopia, where her parents were Peace Corps volunteers in the 1960s.

Megan Williams of National Public Radio (NPR) demonstrated field editing and the recording equipment she is using while freelancing in Ethiopia, where her parents were Peace Corps volunteers in the 1960s.

Broadcasters speak to Unity students

Apr 28, 2004

Two American radio journalists recently shared their work experiences with journalism students at Unity University College in Addis Ababa.

The broadcasters, Mousse Ayele of the Voice of America (VOA) and Megan Williams of National Public Radio (NPR), talked about their work in the United States and Ethiopia at two separate sessions on broadcast journalism.

Mousse has spent more than 30 years as a journalist in his native Ethiopia as well as in the United States. Speaking at Unity on April 28, the veteran journalist urged the students to strive for fairness and objectivity in their reporting.

Williams, 26, spoke at Unity on April 27. She discussed her experiences breaking into the radio business at an NPR affiliate in Birmingham, Ala., and later as a staff member of the “Talk of the Nation” program on NPR. She also demonstrated field editing and the recording equipment she is using while freelancing in Ethiopia, where her parents were Peace Corps volunteers in the 1960s.

Ethiopia’s government operates the country’s radio and television networks. The Unity students questioned both journalists about the relationship between their organizations and the U.S. government.

NPR is a privately supported, nonprofit producer of radio news and entertainment. It was created in 1970 under the Public Broadcasting Act. VOA dates to 1942 with its broadcasts to wartime Germany. It now employs more than 1,000 workers in the United States and abroad, broadcasting news and other programming in 44 languages – including Ethiopia’s three main languages. The Broadcasting Board of Governors, a panel comprising the U.S. secretary of state and eight members appointed by the president, oversees VOA.

Besides the guest speakers, Unity students have attended several press briefings. On April 16, Unity students Bilal Mohammed Yimer, Kalkidan Muluken Abate and Minassie Teshome Edosa attended a U.S. Embassy press briefing with Tony Hall, the U.S. representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, based in Rome.

Other students – including Aregash Asfaw Gebrehanna, Ayantu Guteta Etefa, Simegnish Yekoye Mengesha and Tagel Abera Damtew – have participated in recent news conferences at the UN agency that oversees the border truce between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

“Our students are getting a rigorous immersion in the day-to-day life of working journalists, either through hands-on reporting experiences or by talking to journalists from Ethiopia and correspondents from abroad,” said Timothy Spence, a Knight International Press Fellow who is instructing students at Unity.

"Already, these bright young people are gaining a reputation in the international community for their knowledge and probing questions," Spence said.

The Knight fellowship program helped to establish and is a partner with the Unity journalism program. For more information on the Knight program, visit http://www.knight-international.org/.




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Story Source: International Journalists Network

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