Elsabet Samuel Tadesse is a Knight International Journalism Fellow working to develop Ethiopia’s first national health journalists’ association. This group will provide training sessions and online resources.The fellow will also add in-depth content to two weekly health shows at the nation’s largest broadcaster.

Tadesse is a radio journalist and media trainer who specializes in health, gender, migration and human rights issues. She worked as a senior producer for the BBC World Service Trust in Ethiopia before becoming a Knight Fellow. Prior to joining the BBC, she worked for Panos Ethiopia as radio coordinator for gender and HIV programs. In that role, she trained reporters, worked with community leaders to identify topics for radio coverage, and supervised production of radio programs on health and gender issues.

She also has been a producer for the state-owned broadcast agency in Ethiopia, ERTV, and has served as a communications consultant to the International Organization for Migration. She has conducted media training courses on a wide range of health topics, including reproductive health, HIV and AIDS, and gender-related violence. She is the author of a research paper, “Urban Violence against Women: Case Assessment and Analysis in Addis Ababa.”