Hello, I’m Salem Solomon.

I’m an award-winning multimedia reporter and editor with the Voice of America’s News Center.

Previously, I worked in VOA’s Africa Division, covering the latest news from across the continent. I report and edit in English, Amharic and Tigrigna, and my work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Tampa Bay Times and Foreign Policy magazine. I also produce data-driven multimedia projects. My work focused on journalism innovation and fact-checking initiatives has appeared in the Columbia Journalism Review, on Poynter Online and Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab, and I have taught advanced reporting at the University of South Florida’s Department of Journalism and Digital Communication.

I invite you to check out my stories, multimedia projects, media appearances and résumé.

Media Appearances

I make frequent appearances on TV, radio and web shows to discuss events unfolding across Africa. My comments have appeared on VOA broadcasts, Al Jazeera and Newsy.

Watch My Appearances

Essays & Analysis

The New York Times Magazine

‘They’re Going to Come for Us’: A Teenage Girl Caught in a War’s Riptides

My father knew we were next. “They’re going to come for us,” he’d say, after Meles Zenawi, then the prime minister of Ethiopia, told the country on national television in July 1998 that Eritreans weren’t welcome.