Tadias Magazine

Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff

Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009

New York (Tadias) – The lead reporter’s notebook in the latest Global Integrity Report is penned by Abebe Gellaw, the first Ethiopian-born journalist to be awarded the coveted Stanford University’s Knight Fellowships for international journalists.

The assessments made by the Global Integrity Report, published by the U.S. based organization that monitors corruption and governance throughout the world, is often used by the World Bank, IMF, the EU and donor governments. Read the report at globalintegrity.org.

Cover Image: Parliamentarians vote to elect a new President of Ethiopia 09 October 2007, in Addis Ababa. (Getty Images).

About Abebe Gellaw:

Courtesy of abugidainfo.com.

The 2008-09 International Knight Fellows are:

Federica Bianchi, editor and reporter, L’Espresso, Rome, Italy; international relations, focusing on the effect of China’s rise on U.S. ties with developing nations.

Dionne Bunsha, senior assistant editor, Frontline Magazine, Mumbai, India; the impact of globalization on India’s environment, and the potential for sustainable growth.

Chanda Chisala, president and editor, Zambia Online, Lusaka, Zambia; the impact of the Internet on the future of African journalism, and the philosophy of human rights.

Pedro Doria, technology columnist and writer, O Estado de São Paulo, Brazil (Knight Latin American Fellow); democracy and its pressures around the world.

Abebe Gellaw, editor-in-chief, Addis Voice/Addisvoice.com (London), Ethiopia (Yahoo! International Fellow); creating a vibrant and sustainable media organization.

Joel Gutierrez, news director, Televicentro de Nicaragua/Canal 2, Managua, Nicaragua (Knight Latin American Fellow); lessons of Ireland and similar emerging countries for Latin American developing nations.

Natalia Koulinka, news editor, Radio Station Unistar 99.5, Minsk, Belarus (Lyle and Corrine Nelson International Fellow); news journalism and models of broadcasting by non-governmental radio in a post-Soviet regime.

Watson Meng, chief editor and manager, Boxun News (Durham, N.C.), China; the impact of online citizen journalism in China and beyond.

Isra’ al Rubei’i, reporter, National Public Radio, Baghdad; freedom of the press in post-conflict societies and the development of media in emerging democracies.