Discover Top News Shooters / Video Journalists in Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

My name is Yidnekachew Lemma, and I am a TV journalist and film producer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with over 10 years of experience in the audio-visual and film production industries. Throughout my career, I have produced a diverse range of content, including documentaries, cinema films, local TV programs, dramas, TV spots, and radio advertisements. Additionally, I have developed numerous feature and news stories for prominent international media outlets, including Al Jazeera, CNN, BBC, CGTN, Press TV, VOA, TRTWorld, DW, AP and Reuters. Currently, I work as a stringer TV correspondent for the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, covering news and stories from Ethiopia and the broader East African region. My extensive experience in media production and storytelling has allowed me to build a strong foundation in both local and international reporting, and I am committed to producing impactful and engaging content that resonates with diverse audiences.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - News
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Full-Service Live Production
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer

Mulugeta Ayene is an Ethiopian photojournalist and fine art photographer living in Addis Ababa. While his work covers a wide range of subjects, recurrent themes in Mulugeta Ayene’s work are social transformations and their effects on identity and social relations. Mulugeta works on regular assignments for prominent international organizations such as UNICEF, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to mention a few. Mulugeta was awarded the first prize in the Spot News, stories category of the 2020 World Press Photo Contest and was one of the nominees for World Press Photo of the Year and Story of the Year in 2020.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Spanish-Ethiopian filmmaker & photographer based in Ethiopia since 2010. With a deep understanding of the country and Africa in general, multilingual (Spanish, English, Italian, Amharic), married to an Ethiopian-American artist, forming a vibrant multicultural family of six. Through traveling and filmmaking, I have found immense joy in my work, embracing it with the curiosity and wonder of a child.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Field Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• Creative Director
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Post-Production Manager
• Landscape Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Translator
• Sound Designer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Editor
• Transcriber
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Digital Content Creator

I am a freelance journalist and editor based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with nearly ten years of experience in media and communications. My articles have been featured in various local and international outlets including Mongabay.org, Selamta Megazine, Scidev.net, VaccineWorks etc. Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of working with esteemed local publications such as Addis Fortune, the largest business newspaper in Ethiopia, The Reporter, Ethiopian Insight, and Addis Zeybe.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Documentary DP
• Translator
• Production Assistant
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Transcriber

Africa-based multimedia journalist with bylines from South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya for Reuters, VOA, AP, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy, Washington Post, and others.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Audio Storyteller

Corespodent & Sudan Radio commentator for Aljazeera & BBC channels Writer ln African political issues Translator English _ Arabic

• News Shooter / Video Journalist

An experienced journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Full-Service Live Production
• Translator
• Transcriber

Michele Spatari is a documentary photographer and videographer based between Johannesburg and Barcelona. His documentary practice has been shaped by his architectural background and it is focused on the study of bodies and space: how politics, religions and social rituals shape contemporary societies. His first long-term project Rising Water about public showers and housing crisis in Turin won the 2018 Canon Italy Young Photographer Award - Multimedia and has been exhibited at Cortona On The Move Festival, Geopolis - Centre du Photojournalisme, Lumix Festival, among others. In 2019, he has been selected by Canon as the Italian representative in Visions from Europe, an artistic residency for Matera European Capital of Culture 2019. In 2020, Michele has been assigned a grant by Cortona On The Move Festival to document the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa: the final project has been exhibited internationally and it has won the 1st Prize at the 2021 WARS Photography Award. In 2021, he has been chosen as one of the few under 30 to join the Canon Ambassador Program. At the beginning of 2022, he produced and shot a short documentary on a Spanish dial a poem emergency initiative that is reshaping the meaning of experiencing art into a weirdly intimate practice. Since 2019, he is one of the main contributors in Southern Africa for AFP – Agence France-Presse. His work has been featured on various international media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Le Monde, Libération, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, El País, Internazionale, amidst others. Michele has also worked for UNICEF, FAO, WWF - Word Wildlife Fund, Greenpeace, European Commission, FIFA, FactStory, AFP Services. As a videographer, DP or camera assistant he has worked with CNN, Vice News, FIFA, African Development Bank, AFPTV, VOA, and more.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

A professional - Video producer,Creative director,Director of Photographer (DoP) and Certified drone operator. well renowned for winning the 2018 Gumma best cinematographer award for the feature film Taza. i have a steep and proficient skill in using a wide range of film equipment’s, accessories and audio-visual devices with solid understanding of the craft of editing and photography.

• Drone Operator
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Production Company
• Creative Director
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Full-Service Live Production

I am generally a film maker. I am an editor, cinematographer, writer and director. In addition to that I can design graphics.

• Graphic Designer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Senior Editor
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Social Media Producer
• Drone Operator
• Production Company
• Colorist

French TV journalist. Spent 2 years in West Africa (Abidjan) before moving to Ethiopia. I have worked in about fifteen African countries for both television news and long format documentaries.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Fixer

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Colorist
• Video Editor - Commercial
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer