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With an extensive academic and scholarly background, Kalyango also has more than 13 years of professional experience in the United States and in East Africa as a political reporter, a television news producer and more. Notably, he was an East Africa contributor for CNN International's Inside Africa and for CNN World Report in the early 2000s and late 1990s. Now, Kalyango oversees several academic and administrative projects. Learn more about him here.
As a professor of journalism, Kalyango teaches a variety of media-related courses. Specifically, his courses’ contents focus on his areas of expertise drawn from his long career as an international broadcast news correspondent. Read about specific courses, such as Foreign Correspondence and Media Conflicts, here.
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As an international media scholar, Kalyango’s research focus centers on comparative political communication, international public opinion on media performance, and media and democratization. He has authored 15 refereed journal articles and two book chapters between 2007 and 2011, as well as more than 30 refereed conference papers presented at AEJMC, ICA, APSA, ASA and IAMCR in the same period of research productivity. View his work here.
Dr. Kalyango is associated with several academic organizations and affiliations,including the Center for Strategic and International Studies, International Reporting project, The Worlds of Journalism Study, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and others. He is also a recipient of a variety of academic and professional awards. View a list of his partnerships and accomplishments via the link above.
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Kalyango is head of the Institute for International Journalism, which prepares students to work as international journalists, supports international internships, conducts international comparative research in communication and media, promotes cross-cultural awareness among media professionals and cooperates with global partners in journalism education. He has also administers the Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) on Journalism and Media. Read more.
Kalyango is a Fulbright Specialist on roster from 2015-2020 for the U.S. Department of State's Fulbright Specialist program. When Kalyango is not teaching at Ohio University, he's teaching and training in other countries, leading study abroad programs, creating and administering multifaceted programs such as the 2012-13 "Year for African Journalism," or the 2014 World Cup coverage by OU students in Brazil, and annually hosting major U.S.-funded programs such as the Study of the U.S. Institute on Journalism and Media, funded by the ECA in the U.S. Department of State. Details? Click on the link above.
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Contact Yusuf Kalyango
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