Salem Solomon Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Multimedia reporter and editor with the Voice of America’s Africa Division, covering the latest news from across the continent.

St. Petersburg, Florida, Us

Africa Talks ​is a multimedia website ​with nuanced coverage of stories across the continent. We ​publish​ accurate, in-depth news, commentary and analysis from different countries in Africa and its global diaspora​.

St. Petersburg, Florida, Us

Graduate student at the Department of Journalism & Media Studies (http://www.usfsp.edu/journalism/) and a teaching assistant for classes taught by Dr. Mark Walters.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Attend a semester-long academic and an internship program (practica at the graduate level)

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Freelance journalist for the American City Business Journals.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Contributing writer for the Business Journal, producing in-depth feature stories and online content. Produce content for Morning Edition, a five-times-a-week business news roundup and an email newsletter emailed to readers in the Tampa Bay area every morning at 7:30 a.m.

Accompanied board members of the Tampa Bay chapter of the United Nation Association of the United States to attend an annual meeting at Washington D.C. Lobbied members of the Florida Congressional delegation on behalf of the UNA Tampa Bay Chapter’s advocacy group on a variety of issues including combating human trafficking.Attend brainstorming sessions during event planning, write news release, participate in membership drives, speak at networking events, participate in monthly board meetings and other committee meetings.

St. Petersburg, Fl, Us

As a member at the public access television station, successfully completed courses and received certificates on a variety of competencies including introduction to video production, camera operations basics and broadcast copyright.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Anchored for a multi-source online video news site that monitors, analyzes and presents the world's news coverage.

Columbia, Mo, Us

Maintained and reconciled accounts for the International programs office, including all study abroad and exchange programs.Produced vouchers, reimbursements, travel logs for domestic and international travels and other financial documents, archived, monitored and wrote reports concerning fiscal matters related to the International Programs.Coordinated tours for international scholars, faculty as well as journalism students. Assisted students, faculty and visitors with travel documents and paperwork.Regularly led discussions of foreign journalism in a capstone course, Seminar in Radio & Television News, Journalism-4976 by bringing first hand experiences and knowledge about challenges of journalism in Africa. Prepared brown bag presentations for faculty, visiting scholars and students discussing journalism in East Africa.Served as a judge for student projects at classes at the University of Missouri Department of Communication. Led discussions about current events after being invited by the African Student Association. Honored with a nomination for the 2010 & 2011 Amy Lenk Staff Excellence Award.

Served on the board of directors and voted on important management decisions including staffing and budget.Hosted, produced and edited a talk show, “Africa Talks” that explores issues affecting Africa and people making a difference on the continent. Interviews include: a candidate for the presidency of Sudan and founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.Assisted with video shoots in the studio and assisted with video editing (Proficient in Final Cut Pro).

Hosted a show for an NPR affiliate radio station, Global Journalist, reporting on the state of press freedom around the world and covers developments in international news. The show included a panel discussion with prominent journalists. Global Journalist is the University of Missouri School of Journalism’s signature program and it has historically been hosted only by faculty members.

Worked as a volunteer during fundraising events, writing PSAs, controlling the broadcast board, hosted music shows and worked on short news segments.

Columbia, Missouri, Us

Assisted during on air video shoots for the morning News broadcast,Assisted with teleprompter and script for the daily on air News productionArchived aired video tapes into the computer system and other tasks involving production.

English News broadcast anchor for local and international satellite audiencesEdited and produced documentariesTranslated (from Tigrigna to English) and edited the daily local and international newsProduced local reports on developmental activities and government-related issues

Geneva, Geneva, Ch

Assisted with production of documentary highlighting the plight of people lacking clean drinking water Traveled to drought-affected areas to conduct interviewsProduced 45 minute news report on the issue which aired on Swedish television

Bern, Ch

Translated (from Tigrigna to English) and conducted extensive interviews throughout a master’s thesis project for a student at the University of Bern, Switzerland. The project examined landscape changes in the central highlands of Eritrea between 1890 and 2004 by comparing historical images.

Master'S Degree, Journalism And Media Studies

Missouri School Of Journalism/Non-Degree Graduate-Level Classes

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism And Mass Communications