''The Reporter'' (Ethiopia), also known as ''The Ethiopian Reporter'' ( Amharic: ሪፖርተር), is a private newspaper published in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. It appears in both

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

and Amharic, and is owned by the Media Communications Centre. The editor in chief and founder of the newspaper is Amare Aragawi.

History

''The Reporter'' was founded in 1991 by the Media Communication Center, owned by Amare Aregawi. As of 2010, its editor and owner was

Amare Aregawi Amare Aregawi () is an Ethiopian journalist and the founder of Media & Communications Center, which publishes The Reporter (Ethiopia), an Amharic and English newspaper headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is the editor-in-chief of the bilin ...

Products

* Print Newspaper * Website * Mobile * English Version * Amharic Version

Staff

Yacob Wolde-Mariam, a renowned journalist, has been a senior editor with the newspaper since its inception.

Criticism and Controversies

In 2008 the editor of the ''Reporter'', Amare Aregawi was jailed in Gondar, Ethiopia in connection with an article that criticized Dashen Brewery's, a local beer brand, labor practices. Police arrested Aregawi on August 22nd, 2008 after a defamation lawsuit was filed against the newspaper by the brewery in a Gondar court.

References

External links

Amharic official site

English version
Amharic-language newspapers English-language newspapers published in Africa Weekly newspapers published in Ethiopia Mass media in Addis Ababa {{Ethiopia-newspaper-stub