Elias Mokua Nyatete

Elias Mokua Nyatete, a Kenyan, has been both a journalist and administrator in the media industry. He has published in Kenyan mainstream media as well as in organizational journals. Elias worked at the Vatican Radio before moving to Northwestern Tanzania to be director of Radio Kwizera serving thousands of refugees from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His work included the coordination of communication programs between UNHCR and its sister agencies such as UNICEF and WFP and cooperations with a number of international humanitarian organizations for refugees. He designed, among other media programs, an information campaign for the repatriation of Burundian refugees (2003-2007) which included a special news bulletin published in English and Kirundi that served to defuse tensions between refugees, local Tanzanian host communities and humanitarian organizations. A student at the University of Melbourne’s School of Culture and Communication, Elias specializes in media and political conflict in a globalized world. Elias is also a Jesuit Brother.

Elias was a plenary speaker at the Journalism in the 21st Century conference on July 16, 2009. This conference was organzied by School of Culture and Communication.