My class mates' email interview with Hailemelekot. 

    Here are some  email interviews below

Temesgen Shiferaw

       Dear Hailemelekot T. Birhan,

This is Temesgen. A second year student of journalism and communication at Mekelle University.

I really appreciate your general status, and it's really my honor to write to you.

I just want to ask you a question from your vast experience in journalism,

From the perspective of press freedom, does online journalism has it's own rules or some other different laws? In other words, what is the press freedom for online journalism?

Best regards,

Temsgen shiferaw

Student, MU

Hailemelekot T.berhan

Dear Temesgen

It's really an interesting point you raised.

Online journalism has its own rules and regulations which has to abide by in so many countries around the world. Yet, there is no such law that governs it here in Ethiopia. As to my understanding the essence of press freedom in online journalism is not different from that of traditional media. Yet, we have to wait for the laws to be promulgated here in Ethiopia.

Best,

Haile

Wondifraw Tesisa

  Q   What will be the future of journalists and traditional media???

     

 A            Hailemelekot T.berhan

   Anyhow, in a broader sense, as to my understanding the future of journalists and the mainstream media will remain bright. They will keep on going provider of the main source of information. Yet, there is an insurmountable challenge the mainstream media faced from what recently dubbed " Citizen Journalism" or "Social Media".

In this regard, it seems that this very social media broke the stories world wide preceding the mainstream media. So in the future, the lingering reality is " For whom the mainstream media break the stories"? Citizens are everywhere and they will tweet,post on Facebook etc. right away.

 Yohannis Kifle

Question

What do You think about to days Freedom of Press and Freedom of Expression in Ethiopia?

Answer

Thanks you for your question.

To be honest with you, the issue of freedom of press and freedom of expression is quite a delicate matter in Ethiopia. It seems you are also very much aware of that and tried to change the angle of your question from what you have said specifically about Ethiopian to a general sense latter. It doesn't mater.We can talk about the issue in Ethiopia in a precise way.

Freedom of press and expression is a constitutionally guaranteed right in Ethiopia as per Article 29 of the FDRE Constitution as well as subsequent proclamation of the Freedom of the Mass media and Access to Information,590/2008. In fact the laws are there, but serious irregularities are observed in the implementation. What you have to bear in mind that, developing professionalism is very crucial while working as a journalist. This gives you the credibility and doesn't give any room of error for those who might be critical of it. Yet, even if the framework is there, some one should not feel everything is smooth as of the developed nations. It is a right which is very fragile in Ethiopian context and every body claims to have of it.

Having all the issues above, bear in mind that a lot is expected from you-Journalism students for its real professionalism development in the future.

Frehiwot Berhane

 

Dear Mr.Hailemelekot T.birhan,

i am frehiwot berhane journalism and communcation student our instructor mohhamed asked us
to write with you so  how are  using the on line media i want to share some of your information about that

 respectfull,

frehowot berhane
Dear Frehiwot:

Thanks for your question.

I use online media mainly to get information as to my areas of interest. I choose to use online media as it provides up-to-date information instantly.

Best,

Haile

Tsiyon kibru

Mr. Hailemelekot,
My name is Tsiyon Kibru. i am second year journalism studentat MU.I am emailing you because my beloved instructor, Mr. Mohammed had suggested me your contact.

These days I have been studying about how the new media is affecting the traditional or conventional journalism practice.Specially,how the need for a more freer information flow is pressuring on the development of citizen journalism activity.

As you are working on media consulting company and also experienced both the traditional and the new media in the country,how far do you think the development of citizen journalism in the country is becoming a challenge for the traditional media in revising its content?

I look forward to your reply.

Respectfully,
Tsiyon Kibru student,MU

Dear Tsion:

michel elias

  Dear Hailemelekot T.Birhan
      How are you?
 My name is Michel Elias. I studying journalism and communication in Mekelle University. Now i take online journalism in this semester.To accomplish this course my instructor told me to contact you by email.So, I would like to ask only one question concerning media.If you are voluntary i wait your quick answer.

1, What do you think ,Can bloggers would be journalist according to our ethics of journalism???


Respectfully

Michel Elias

student,MU

Dear Michel:

Thank you for your question.

Well, bloggers can be journalists or not. The way they do their reporting matter. As you might be well aware, journalists try to tell the objective truth, report facts fairly, strives for balance and disclose bias.So,what matters here is whether bloggers do exercise these very components or not. Experience shows that some bloggers simply put opinions in their blogs and some strives for those ideals stated above. You also do need to bear in mind that a glut of journalists do have their own blogs.

In a nutshell, you can call those bloggers who are in line with journalistic ethics bloggers and the others not.

Hope you might get it helpful.

Best wishes,

Halie

Thanks for your question.

Citizen journalism is becoming a challenge to the mainstream media around the globe. Yet, in the context of Ethiopia, you don't need to consider it as a challenge yet. This is due to the fact that both the mainstream media and the social media are at an early stage of development. There is still a huge potential on both sides to work on it.

Best,

Haile

Hana keflu

Dear All

please share My interview with Mr.Hailemelekot T.Birhan that I held.

Question,

Dear Hailemelekot

Hello Hailemelekot , How are you? My name is Hana Kiflu from journalism and communication department at MU. I got your address from my instructor Mohammed Selman. And i want to ask you question.

Sir please tell your idea about the impact of social media on the profession of journalism?
 

sincerely,
Hana Kiflu.

Answer,
Dear Hana:

Great to hear from you.

The social media seems broke the stories preceding the mainstream media nowadays. So its impact is that more people may get up-to-date information from the social media than the mainstream media. You might guess what is going to happen if it pursues like this. More and more people might give attention to the social media than the mainstream media.

Best,

Haile

Hana keflu
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Riste Tsegaye Q after the emergence of citizen journalism, Professional journalism become a dying profession. so what is your Advise to professional journalists to enhance the field??? A  I wonder the mainstream media is dying due to citizen journalism. Both are working in their own way and no doubt the latter poses a challenge on the former. But I don't think it reaches on survival level. Just be loyal to the profession and keep all the ethics and professionalism if it needs to thrive in the future. meseret gebremedhn QUESTION   am a journalism student I went to ask one question ....in our country online media can be expand from time to time so, what do you think about our feature traditional media? ANSWER: The future of traditional media in Ethiopia will not be different from the online media. There are several factors for this including internet connectivity and access to computer. You can guess the penetration rate of internet in Ethiopia. Thus, there is a huge potential both for the mainstream media and online media to thrive in Ethiopia in the future. Semhal Mekonnen  Q i would like to ask you a question. As you know there is a negative perspective towards Ethiopian journalists in our country. To be a journalist you have to be advocator of the government. And how can i be a neutral and objective journalist in this situation? A Well, it depends on the environment you are working on. If you are working on government media, you may be obliged to have a pro-government tone. Yet, what you need to understand is that, even if you are working on  a private media, as the professional ethics says so, you need to dig out the truth and the fact. You don't need to be biased. Yet, as a private media, you may have some thoughts which you stand for. So, as long as you are aware of the ideals of journalism, there are private media as well. So you can join there and grow your career.     Endale Elias This is Endale Elias from mekelle university second year journalism and communication student I want to ask you  one question, I hope you will give me detailed and clear answer.        For what purpose you use online media why you chose to use it? Thanks for your question. I use online media mainly to get information as to my areas of interest. I choose to use online media as it provides up-to-date information instantly.        Mesfin Kassahun  I am Mesfin Kassahun from Journalism and communication department Mekelle University,how are you? how is job? The reason why  I emailed  is to ask you one question about journalism.my question is here:How do  you describe the impact of new media on journalism?I hope you will answered me  in best way thank you. Great to hear from you. The social media (new media) seems broke the stories preceding the mainstream media nowadays. So its impact is that more people may get up-to-date information from the social media than the mainstream media. You might guess what is going to happen if it pursues like this. More and more people might give attention to the social media than the mainstream media. Behailu GezahegnI am Behailu Gezahegn from journalism department at MU. what do you think about the role of Ethiopian broadcast media on political system of Ethiopia? Hailemelekot's Answer Dear Behailu: Thanks for your question. As any country, the broadcast media plays an insurmountable role in influencing and guiding the political atmosphere in Ethiopia. What may differ is that the role of the media in stirring the politics in Ethiopia is not that much of other developed nations.Bear in mind that our system has its own limitations Andualem semachew how can  you thinking about progress of online journalism in Ethiopia ??      Hailemelekot's Answer Online journalism in Ethiopia is at early stage. It is very much infantile. As you know one needs to have internet connection and a computer to engage in online journalism. I think you can make an educated guess on how many people do have internet connection and access to computers in Ethiopia. It heavily relies on that. In fact nowadays people can have internet access from their phones but that is still limited. Just think the progress of online journalism in this context. Nahom Tadesse Question, Dear Mr. Hailemelekot T. Birhan, This is Nahom. A student of journalism at Mekelle University. It's really my pleasure having the chance to write to you. I'm enrolled in journalism and communication because of my passion of being a journalist since my childhood. But now that i am engaged in the department i am having some doubts about the field. From my deep respect of you and the chance to share some experience of yours, i am going to ask you one question. Do you think journalism is a field that has to be given at University level? More specifically, from the perspective of citizen journalism, should this field be given by degree? I hope you will give me a detailed and explanatory answer. Thank you in advance. With regards, Nahom Tadesse Student, MU   Answer, Dear Nahom: Great to hear from you. Nahom, I would like to assure you that you are studying an excellent field if it is of your passion. You don't need to worry about the challenge of citizen journalism that much. It's undeniable that it poses a challenge but don't consider it as a threat and discourage you. Sure, journalism will keep on one of the fields to be provided in Universities and follow your ambitions.

Hailemelekot

 The question and answer between me and Hailemelekot T.Brehan about journalism.


 Q?   what would you advise me to become a good journalist? And what challenges  could i face in the future? And how to pass the obstacles?

 A.   To be a good journalist, respect the profession, follow the ethics and try to be as professional as you can. Update yourself daily and it in-fact needs you to be a voracious reader and deeply understand the whole dynamics regionally, globally and at home. The challenges may be enormous but sure you will succeed if you respect the profession and work accordingly.

      

  The impact of technology in business, health and education

 BY Selamawit Debebe

·         Technology makes our life easy. The world becomes a one village because of the advancement of technology.

It decreases the wastage of time. Nowadays people can get information with fraction of seconds from all corners of the world. Technology serves all kind of sectors like business education and health. 

When we see the technological impact of technology from the perspective of education, it facilitates a good teaching and learning activities. Students can get access to different books and learning materials.

The all information will be in their hand. Especially in developed countries students are learning by only staying at their home. And using computers or internet to contact and ask their instructors. Even they take exams by using their computers.

Teachers also beneficiaries by technology it make their work easy. They could communicate with students without any difficulties. They can access more teaching materials and can understand how to teach.

In the health sector there are many advancements of using technology. Technology makes the health center to be modern and standard. For example in family planning there are many technological methods to minimize the number of children in a family.

Technology helps us to live a comfortable and health life. There are many health equipments. We can 

communicate with health professionals around the world.

People can get any health related information and take a prevention method by themselves. Not only prevention but also they can get any necessary medicines. Different scientists’ work makes progress time to time.

Technology has a hand and glob relation with business sectors it minimize the labor work. Many output products produce within a few seconds. It controls the world economy. 

 Seller can get information about the cost of products. They introduce their new product to customers by using internet, radio, television or print media. 

Merchants communicate each other and make any business deals. They can sell their product by internet there is no need to move place to place.

There are many uses of technology in many aspects of our daily life. I mention these as an example.

Technology has changed our ways of life. Without technology the world becomes dark. It is away to a knowledgeable, modern and developed world.

 

                  የመጨረኛዋ ሰአት

የጋዜጠኝነት እና ኮሚኒኬሽን ተ ማሪ ዎች በ ስ ራ ላይ

by Selamawit Debebe

 

ጊዜዉ ተመራቂ ተማሪዎች የመመረቂያ ፅሁፋቸውን የሚያቀርቡበት እንደሆነ ይታወቃል᎓᎓

ታዲያ ተማሪዎቹ የመመረቂያ ፅፋቸዉን የሚያቀርቡበትን ሰአት በጉጉት እና በፍርሃት ይጠባበቃሉ᎓᎓

ለሚለብሱት ሲጨነቁ እና

እንዴት ፅሁፋቸዉን እንደሚያቀርቡ ሲለማመዱ ይቆያሉ᎓᎓በነዚህ በመጨረሻዎቹ ቀናት የተሰጣቸዉን ስራ ለመስራት አምሽተዉ ካልሆነም አንግተዉ ያጠናቅቃሉ᎓᎓

ይህም ለነሱ  ልምድ እና ትምህርት እንደሚሆናቸዉ ተናግረዋል᎓᎓

የጆርናሊዝምና ኮምኒኬሽን ትምህርት ክፍል ተመራቂ  ተማሪዎችም የመጨረሻ አሳይመንታቸዉን ለመስራት ለሊቱን በሙሉበስራ አንግተዋል᎓᎓

የቪዲዮ ፕሮዳክሽን አሳይመንታቸዉን ለመስራት ተፍ ተፍ ሲሉ ያመሹት ተመራቂ ተማሪዎች ለሊቱን ሙሉ

እንቅልፍ በአይናቸዉ ሳይዞር እንዳደረሩ በግርምት ተናግረዋል᎓᎓ 

እንቅልፍ የጣላቸዉንም ተማሪዎች በየወንበሩ ጋደም ብለዉ

ታይተዋል ሆኖም ግን ተማሪዎቹ የማይረሳ ትዉስታን እንዲሁም ልምድ ያገኘንበት ነዉ ብለዋል᎓᎓

የጋዜጨኝነት ስራ ምን እንደሚመስል እና የሚያጋጥመዉን መሰናክል ካየንበት ሂደቶች መካከል አንዱ ነዉ ብለዋል᎓᎓

 

the new tent around senior cafe

በአዲ-ሃቂ ግቢ የሚገኙ ተማሪዎች  ዘገይቶ በተገጠመዉ ድንኳን ያላቸዉን ቅሬታ ገለጹ

by Selamawit Debebe 

ድንኳኑ በተማሪዎች መመገብያ ካፌ በሰልፍ ሰዓት ተማሪዎችን ከጸሃይ  ለመከላከል ተብሎ የተሰራ ሲሆን በዓመቱ መጨረሻ መሆኑ ግን ተማሪዎችን አስቆጥቷል።    

 በዓዲ ሃቂ ግቢ የካፌ ሃላፊ የሆነዉ አቶ ተስፋየ ገ/ሚካኤል እንደተናገረዉ ድንኳኑ እንዲሰራ ከጠየቅን ቆይተናል ነገር ግን የዩኒቨርሲቲዉን ምላሽ መጠበቅ ስለነበረብን ወደ አመቱ መጨረሻ ልንመጣ ግድ ሆኖብናል ብሏል።

ያነጋገርናቸዉ አንዳንድ ተማሪዎች እንደተናገሩት ይሰራላችኋል ተብሎ ከሰባት ወር በኋላ መድረሱ እጅግ አሳፋሪ ነዉ ብለዋል። ከዚህ ጋር ተያይዞ የድኳኑ መሰራት ለቀሪ ተማሪዎች ሊያገለግል የሚችል ቢሆንም ከግቢ ለሚወጡ ተማሪዎች ግን ምንም ፋይዳ የለዉም ሲሉ  ተመራቂ ተማሪዎች ተናግረዋል። 

የድንኳኑ መሰራት የተማሪዎቹን ፍላጎት ያላሟላ ከመሆኑም በተጨማሪ  ሊሰጥ ስለሚችለዉ አገልግሎት ግን ሌላ ጥያቄ በተማሪዎቹ ተነስቷል። ለጥላ ተብሎ የተዘረጋዉ ሸራ በቂና ጥንካሬ የሌለዉ ነዉ። 

እነዚህና መሰል ጉዳዮች የተማሪዎቹ ጥያቄ ሆነዉ ምላሻቸዉ ቢሮ ክራሲ የበዛባዉ ናቸዉ ተብሏል። ከ5000 በላይ ተማሪዎች የካፌ ተመጋቢ መሆናቸዉ የሚታወስ ነዉ።