YALI CONNECT CAMPS

One of the many projects Prof. Kalyango has managed as an academic administrator include U.S. Federal grants and other international academic endeavors. he has administered global training of professionals such as the Young African Leaders' Initiative (YALI) Connect Camps. The purpose of these camps are to invest in the next generation of African leaders through intensive executive leadership training, networking and skills building in order to prepare them to create social change in their respective communities. Connect Camps were hosted in four different countries in the sub regions of Africa  2014-2018. The YALI Connect Camps are funded by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) in the U.S. Department of State.

Connect Camps were conducted in Tanzania, Namibia, Rwanda, Cote D'Ivoire, Senegal, Botswana, South Africa, and Ethiopia; and annually trained about 120 professional from about 14 countries every year. Read more here.
The bottom slideshow (left) is from Connect Camp 4 in  Namibia. 
ABOUT
With an extensive academic and scholarly background, Dr. 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. 
TEACHING
As Professor and a Scholar, Dr. Kalyango teaches a variety of journalism and media-related courses.  Specifically, his courses 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, Broadcast News Seminar, and Media Conflicts, here.
RESEARCH
As an international media scholar,  Dr. Kalyango’s research focus centers on comparative political communication, international public opinion on media performance, and media and democratization. He has authored at least 40 refereed journal articles, book chapters and global scholarly entries between 2007 and 2020, plus more than 50 refereed conference papers presented at AEJMC, ICA, APSA, ASA and IAMCR in the same period  View his work here.
PARTNERSHIPS
Prof. 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.
ADMINISTRATION
Prof. Kalyango is director 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.
NEWS/UPDATES
Prof. Kalyango is a Fulbright Specialist on roster from 2015-2020 for the U.S. Department of State's Fulbright Specialist program. When he is not teaching at Ohio University, he teaches and trains in other countries, leading exchange projects, plus creating and administering multifaceted programs such as the "Year for African Journalism," or the 2014 World Cup coverage by students in Brazil, and annually hosting major U.S.-funded training programs such as the Study of the U.S. Institute on Journalism and Media, and the YALI Connect Camps.  Click on the link above.

Contact Yusuf Kalyango

IIJ ADDRESS:
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Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701

PHONE:
(740) 597-3335
OFFICE ADDRESS:
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Ohio University
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EMAIL:
kalyango@ohio.edu