International Visitor Leadership Program Leads Journalists to MJ-School
October 31, 2017
Hussman School of Media and Journalism
Eighteen journalists from 17 African countries are coming to the UNC School of Media and Journalism on Wednesday, Nov. 1, as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program under the auspices of the U.S. State Department.
The program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in partnership with Raleigh’s International Focus, will show the visiting journalists how the MJ-school prepares its students to use technology and data in reporting. The journalists will also explore the role of student newspapers, such as The Daily Tar Heel, in reporting news important to students. In addition, the group will meet with both the UNC African Studies Center and “MEJO 180: Foundations of Photojournalism” students.
“Having IVLP groups visit the school gives our students the chance to meet and interact with communication professionals from around the world,” said Michael Penny, the director of global, immersive and professional programs for the MJ-school. “By inviting the IVLP participants into these classes, our professors are able to bring a tangible global context into their teaching.”
The exchange program started almost eight decades ago, in the midst of World War II, to connect the United States with rising professionals in foreign countries. Since its inception in 1940, it has brought more than 200,000 visiting professionals to the United States and invites more than 4,000 new visitors each year.
The school hosts five or six groups from the exchange program each year — including, for the past 10 years, a group of participants in the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. In November 2016, the MJ-school hosted a group of journalists from East Asia and the Pacific as a part of the Murrow Program.
Here are the 18 journalists visiting the MJ-school this November:
Angola
- Joao de Almeida Domingos
News director | Radio MFM Radio Station
Botswana
- Yvonne Tshephang Mooka
Senior reporter | Botswana Guardian and The Midweek Sun
Burkina Faso
- Ismael Ouedraogo
General director | Burkina Info Television
Cameroon
- Loveline Enjeh
Deputy editor | Anecdote Media Group
Equatorial Guinea
- Nilo Ndong Nsue
Kenya
- Seth Omondi Oloo
Director, media services | Osienala (Friends of Lake Victoria)
Malawi
- Arnold Chachacha Munthali
Editor | Blantyre Newspapers Limited
Namibia
- Alvine Rinovita Kapitako
Senior journalist | New Era Publication Corporation - Francoise Steynberg
Chief reporter | Republikein Newspaper
Nigeria
- Kingsley Datubor Uranta
Assistant general manager | Channels Television
Republic of the Congo
- Durly Emilia Gankama
Journalist | Les Dépeches de Brazzaville
Rwanda
- Emmanuel Rutayisire
Officer, media professionalism development
Seychelles
- Marie France Manuella Racombo
Senior journalist | Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation
South Africa
- Milisuthando Bongela
Arts editor | Mail and Guardian
Sudan
- Ashraf Mohmmed Abdelaziz Hmadin
Editor-in-Chief | Al Jarida Arabic Newspaper
Tanzania
- Sengiyumva Gasirigwa Mwita
Acting national director | Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), Tanzania Chapter
Zambia
- Alexander Mufaya Musokotwane
Assignment editor | MUVI Television
Zimbabwe
- Nigel James Kudzanai Nyamutumbu
Programs manager | Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ)