FOTP 2013 Full Report

master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from the American University in Cairo,he was until November 2007 the head of the Department of Mass Communication at Kampala’sMakerere University. He has previously worked as a reporter, news editor, political editor, andpolitical columnist, including positions as executive editor of the Daily Monitor and grouptraining editor of the Nation Media Group in Kampala. He served as an East Africa analyst forFreedom of the Press.Caroline Nellemann is an international consultant specializing in digital media anddemocratization. Previously she has worked for Freedom House, the Berkman Center for Internet& Society at Harvard University, the Danish Aid Agency, and the Danish Ministry for Science,Technology, and Innovation. She holds a master’s degree in international development fromRoskilde University, Denmark. She served as a Western Europe analyst for Freedom of thePress.Bret Nelson is a research analyst for Freedom in the World and Freedom of the Press atFreedom House. He holds a master’s degree in political science from Fordham University and amaster’s degree in Middle East studies from the Graduate Center, CUNY. He served as a MiddleEast and North Africa analyst for Freedom of the Press.Folu Ogundimu is a professor in the School of Journalism and the College of CommunicationArts and Sciences at Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing. He is coeditor of Mediaand Democracy in Africa. He is a faculty excellence adviser for the College of CommunicationArts and Sciences and core faculty of the African Studies Center and the Center for AdvancedStudy of International Development. He has also served as a senior research associate forAfrobarometer and the Center for Democracy and Development, Ghana; a research associate forthe Globalization Research Center on Africa, UCLA; and a visiting professor at the University ofLagos, Nigeria. He served as a West Africa analyst for Freedom of the Press.Shannon O’Toole is an editor and writer at Facts On File World News Digest, where she coversEastern Europe, Russia, and the Balkans. She is also a contributor to Freedom House’s Freedomin the World report. She received a bachelor’s degree in history and anthropology from theUniversity of Missouri, Columbia. She served as a Central and Eastern Europe analyst forFreedom of the Press.Abha Parekh is a master’s candidate at Columbia University’s School of International andPublic Affairs. Previously, she was a research fellow at the Observer Research Foundation inMumbai, working on urban development and environmental protection issues. She has alsoworked with the UN Mission in Kosovo, the Clinton Foundation, the Centre for Civil Society inNew Delhi, and Freedom House, where she assisted in producing Freedom on the Net 2011. Sheserved as a South Asia analyst for Freedom of the Press.Arch Puddington is vice president for research at Freedom House and coeditor of Freedom inthe World. He has written widely on American foreign policy, race relations, organized labor,and the history of the Cold War. He is the author of Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold WarTriumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty and Lane Kirkland: Champion of AmericanLabor. He served as the United States analyst for Freedom of the Press.8