Ethiopian Herald

Ethiopian Herald is a government-owned English-language newspaper published by the Ethiopian Press Agency, which also publishes the Amharic-language Addis Zemen.

Ethiopian Herald
TypeDaily
Founded1943[1]
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersAddis Ababa
Websitewww.ethpress.gov.et/herald/index.php

It was launched as a weekly on 3 July 1943.[2] Jan Hoy Simpson, an Englishman, was its first editor. Later editors were from the United States. The first Ethiopian editor was Ato Yacob Wolde Mariam in 1960.[3][4] It became a daily at the end of 1958, as did Addis Zemen.[2]

References
  1. Solomon Addis Getahun; Wudu Tafete Kassu (27 February 2014). Culture and Customs of Ethiopia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-0-313-08606-9. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. Reta, Meseret Chekol (2013). The Quest for Press Freedom : One Hundred Years of History of the Media in Ethiopia. University Press of America. pp. 101–102. ISBN 978-0-7618-6002-0.
  3. "Ethiopia profile - Media". BBC News. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. Richard Pankhurst; Ahmed Zekaria; Taddesse Beyene (1990). Proceedings of the First National Conference of Ethiopian Studies: Addis Ababa, April 11-12, 1990. Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University. pp. 103–104. Retrieved 18 January 2018.


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