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​Yusuf Kalyango, Jr. (Ph.D.) is Professor and Director of the Institute for International Journalism in the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in the United States. He is author and editor of three scholarly books, Global Journalism Practice & New Media Performance (2015), Why Discourse Matters (2014), and African Media and Democratization (2011). He also serves as editor of a scholarly peer-reviewed mass communication journal, the International Communication Research Journal, a publication of the International Communication Division (ICD) of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC). 
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​Professor Kalyango has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed academic articles in top (impact-factor) journals plus several book chapters in the areas of journalism practice, media and democratization, peace journalism and conflicts, and social media effects. Dr. Kalyango has produced about 50 refereed research conference papers presented at various international conventions in the past eight years. He is a Fulbright Specialist - 2020.

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YALI CONNECT CAMPS

One of the many projects I manage are federal grants and other international academic endeavors, including global training of professionals such as the Young African Leaders' Initiative (YALI) Connect Camps. The purpose of these camps is 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 will be hosted in four different countries in the sub regions of Africa in 2015-2016. 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 1 and 2 were in Tanzania in March. Connect Camps 3 and 4 were in Namibia. Connect Camps 5 and 6 will be in Cote d'Ivoire later this year. Read more here.

The top slideshow (left) is from Connect Camp 3 in Windhoek, Namibia.

The bottom slideshow (left) is from Connect Camp 4 in Windhoek, Namibia. 
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ABOUT

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. 
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TEACHING

As Professor and a Scholar, 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.
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RESEARCH

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.
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PARTNERSHIPS

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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ADMINISTRATION

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.
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NEWS/UPDATES

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, and the YALI Connect Camps, funded by the ECA in the U.S. Department of State. Details? Click on the link above.

Contact Yusuf Kalyango

IIJ ADDRESS:
Sing Tao 102

Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701

PHONE:
(740) 597-3335
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Schoonover Center 236

Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701

EMAIL:
kalyango@ohio.edu

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