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Zelalem Tesfaye Worku
Academic Rank
Assistant Professor

 

 

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Personal information Name(s): Zelalem Tesfaye Worku Date of birth23/09/1983

Gender: Male

Mobile: +251984884414

Nationality: Ethiopian

Address(es): BahirDar University ,P.O.Box 2071 Bahir Dar, Ethiopia E-mail: Zelalemt90@yahoo.com/ zelescholar@yahoo.com

Work experience

  • September, 2019-2025 Director of Broadcast mediaDirectorate at Bahir Dar University
  • Managerat BDU Community Radio
  • March, 2018 to date , Assistant Professor at BahirDar University, in the department of Journalism and Communications
  • August, 2010 to March,2018 Lecturer at Bahir Dar University In the department of Journalism and Communications
  • 7 Sep- 28 Sep, 2012,Guest Lecturer on Media and Globalisation at Linnaues University, Sweden.
  • October, 2010– February, 2010,Head of the department of Journalism and Communications, Bahir Dar University
  • July 2024 to date MediaConsultant to Fojo Media Institute in Ethiopia

Education and training

  1. Masters of Art in Global Journalism from Orebro University, Sweden
  2. Certificate in International Corporate Communications, CHE university, the Netherlands
  3. Masters of Art in Broadcast Journalism from Addis Ababa University.
  4. Digital Media and Countering Disinformation and Hatespeech, at RNTC Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Publications

Effect of Mass MediaIntervention on HIV and AIDS related Stigma and Discrimination in Ethiopia. Vol. 2 issue 3

July , 2013. Journalof Development and Communication Studies. http://www.devcomsjournalmw.org/

- The Discursive Construction of Political Identities on Facebook at times of Election and ItsDemocratization Potential in Ethiopia Vol.7, No.3July, 2017,International Journal of Research in social sciences and Humanities. http://www.ijrssh.com

Production

  • Directinga documentary on Blue Economy
  • Directing a documentary on Family Literacy
  • Directing a documentary on Green Legacy