Staff Writer and editor at 7-kilo.com

Current Address Dagnenet M. Bitew Permanent Address

**** ********* *** ********@*****.*** 4000 Mountain Road

Alexandria, VA 22312 804-***-**** Glen Allen,VA 23060

Objective

To perform all aspects of interpreting and translating jobs in English and Amharic.

Education

University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA August, 2014 Candidate of Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs Major GPA 3.00

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College August, 2012 Candidate of Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs Major GPA 3.75

Relevant Projects and Course Works

Research Methods, Ethics and Human Rights in World Politics, Party Politics in Europe and Africa

Politics of Middle East and North Africa. Cross-Straight Relation, Chinese Politics

Introduction to Radio Production, Lyric Poetry and History of Jazz

Experience

Amharic Weekly Meznagna Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sep. 2003 – Oct. 2005

Editor Jan. 2005 - Oct. 2005

Editing feature articles written in Amharic by reporters and senior reporters Writing and translating articles

Senior Reporter Sep. 2004 - Dec. 2004

Writing and translating articles interviewing experts and researching archives

Reporter Sep. 2003 – Aug. 2004

Writing news and news analysis

Editor of the bilingual web-magazine Ethiomirror.com Jan. 2006- Aug. 2007

Editor of Amharic Weekly Addis Neger Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sep. 2007 – Oct. 2008

Managing Editor and Staff Writer at 7-kilo.com magazine Washington, DC Aug. 2014- Nov. 2015

Activities

On March, 2014 I cofounded, with three of the defunct Addis Neger weekly team, 7-Kilo Media Agency and secured funding to publish a bilingual web magazine that focuses on Ethiopia. The magazine is launched on 8th Nov, 2015. I researched and wrote three articles on politics, art, and education for our web and print magazine in Amharic. I edited four articles on the first edition of our magazine 7-Kilo.

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