prominent Ethiopian Journalist Samuel Ferenj Passed Away

Ethiopia’s Journalism legend Samuel Ferenj passed Away in Toronto.

ታዋቂው እና ኣንጋፋው ጋዜጠኛ ሳሙኣኤል ፈረንጅ  ኣረፉ
 በኢትዮጵያ ሚዲያ ታርክ ቀዳሚ ሚናየነበራችውጋዜጠኛ ሳሙኤል ከረጅም ግዜ ሕመም በኳላበ81 ኣመት ኣመታቸው  ነው ያረፉት   

የ ካናዳ ቶሮንቶ ነዋር የነበሩት ሳሙኤል ፈረንጅ በኢትዮጵያ ቴለቪዥን ሰራ ኣስኪያጅነት ዕንዲሁም በቀደምት ዜና ኣንባቢነትያገለገሉ በኢትዮጵያ ጋዜጠኝነት ሙያ ትልቅ  ኣስተዋጻኦ   ያበረከቱ ነበሩ

Dubed “The  pionier of Ethiopian journalism” by many , Samuel Ferenj was one of the first TV news anchors  in Ethiopia. He worked as a reporter producer and general manager of Ethiopian national Radio and TV stations.

He lived in Italy and later moved to Canada where he championed advocacy for betterment of refugees .
His son Tibebe Samuel Ferenj was quated by ethiopian observer as saying ” Samuel Ferenj has been in bed for the past 14 years ”
Several Toronto residents who spoke to ethiofidel remember Samuel Ferenj as a passionate journalist and humanitarian.
The late samuel’s memorial service was held in Toronto’s St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yohannes Ayalew

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