Contact info
- Yusuf Kalyango, Assistant Professor
- Phone:
- 740.597.3335
- Email:
- kalyango@ohio.edu
- Office:
- Scripps Hall 205
Biography
EDUCATION: Ph.D., journalism -- political communication, University of Missouri, 2008; M.A., journalism -- media management, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004; B.A., Education, Trinity Univ. College, 1992. Fellow of the World Press Institute at Macalester College, Minnesota, 2001 and the Commonwealth Press Union, 1999.
EXPERIENCE: Joined the faculty in fall 2008; previous teaching experience: Asst. professor of journalism at Lincoln University -- has taught media management, mass media law, global media and diversity, and broadcast reporting & writing; Instructor at the University of Missouri -- taught broadcast journalism, international issues reporting, and cross-cultural journalism. Worked for thirteen years in radio, a newspaper, and television stations in East Africa and USA; worked as a political reporter, television news producer, news editor, news director, and ultimately the head of news & current affairs. East Africa contributor for CNN International’s Inside Africa, 2000-2002; and for CNN World Report, 1997-2001. Recipient of several local awards; and two international awards for journalism excellence by CNN World Report in Atlanta, 2000; and the African Journalism Foundation, 1997 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
RESEARCH: Research agenda centers on international media and public opinion, comparative political communication, democratization in Africa, and international conflicts/crises. Is the author of two refereed journal articles, a book chapter, and 15 refereed conference papers presented at AEJMC, ICA, APSA, ASA, and IAMCR.
TEACHING INTERESTS: Television news & investigative reporting, international journalism, global media and diversity, media management, media & conflicts, communication theory, and graduate seminars.
