- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- Room
- M8-35
- nyirubugara@eshcc.eur.nl
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Profile
Dr. Nyirubugara started his teaching career in 2012 right after completing his PhD in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. He taught various courses related to journalism and media, amongst other subjects, at Erasmus University Rotterdam (2012–2016 & 2019–) at both the BA and MA levels. He has also been working as senior lecturer in Journalism, Media Theory, and Research Skills, among others, at The Hague University of Applied Sciences since 2013.
Dr. Nyirubugara’s current research interests are focused on Ethics of Journalism, more specifically on the ethics of war reporting and on the ethical challenges of live-blogging. His latest paper titled “Shooting Kids” (published in Journalism Studies, 2018) is about visual representation of children in the international press coverage of the Syrian civil war. Next to that, his research investigates the workings and political and social implications of collective memory in post-genocide Rwanda.
Prior to embracing his academic career, Dr. Nyirubugara worked as a journalist both in Africa and Europe for international media outlets including the UN News and Information Agency (IRIN), Radio France International, Deutsche Welle, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and Africa News. Between 2007 and 2015, he coordinated a citizen journalism project that aimed to empower grassroots reporters throughout Africa. He trained and coached more than 100 citizen journalists in 8 African countries.
- O. Nyirubugara (2018). Shooting Kids: Children in Syrian War reporting by RT and Al Jazeera. Journalism Studies, 18 (13), 1969-1979. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2018.1500870
- O. Nyirubugara (2015). Gedigitaliseerd maar onbenut. Erfgoedwebsites en het geschiedenisonderwijs. Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis, 14 (2), 69-92.
- O. Nyirubugara (2017). Novels of Genocide: Remembering and Forgetting the Ethnic Other in Fictional Rwanda. (Memory Traps, Vol 2). Leiden: Sidestone Press
- O. Nyirubugara (2013). Complexities and Dangers of Remembering and Forgetting in Rwanda. (Memory Traps 1). Leiden: Side Stone Press
- O. Nyirubugara (2012). Surfing the Past: Digital Learners in the History Class. Leiden: Sidestone Press
- O. Nyirubugara (2014). Mobile Community Reporting: A Grassroots Perspective on Journalism. Leiden: Side Stone Press
- O. Nyirubugara (2012). Non-mediated Archives: Naming as a Human Right Issue. In H. van Engen, G. Janssens, G. Kwanten & K.M. Pompe (Eds.), Archives without Borders (pp. 189-195). VVBAD
- O. Nyirubugara (2012). Remembering and ForgePng in Post‐genocide Rwanda. In C. Meiner & K. Veel (Eds.), The Cultural Life of Catastrophes and Crises (pp. 115-124). Berlin: De Gruyter
- O. Nyirubugara (2014). Genocide Novels and Genocide Memories: Ethnic Portrayal and Stereotypes in Rwandan Post-Genocide Novels. ACJC – Rwanda Revisited – Aftermath Conference: Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (2014, augustus 22).
- O. Nyirubugara (2019). Book review. [Bespreking van het boek Josefu's thousand hills]. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 25(1), 172-173. doi: 10.1111/1467-9655.12970
Media Systems in Comparative Perspective
- Title
- Media Systems in Comparative Perspective
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- BA-1, Pre-master, Pre-master
Bachelor's Thesis IBCoM
- Title
- Bachelor's Thesis IBCoM
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- BA-3
Bachelor's Thesis Class IBCoM
- Title
- Bachelor's Thesis Class IBCoM
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- BA-3
Fundam. and Pract. of Int. Journalism
- Title
- Fundam. and Pract. of Int. Journalism
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- BA-2, BA-3
Master Class
- Title
- Master Class
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- MA, MA, MA, MA
ICTs and Emerging Markets
- Title
- ICTs and Emerging Markets
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- BA-2
Master's Thesis Media Studies
- Title
- Master's Thesis Media Studies
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- MA, MA, MA, MA
ICTs and Emerging Markets
- Title
- ICTs and Emerging Markets
- Year
- 2020
- Year level
- BA-2
Lecturer
- University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- School
- Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- Department
- Department of Media and Communication
- Country
- The Netherlands
Haagse Hogeschool
- Role
- Lecturer
- Obtained Wage
- yes
- Start date approval
- Oct/2013