Michelle Betz is a senior media development consultant with 15 years of experience in assessment, project design, implementation, management and evaluation. Her areas of expertise include media in conflict and post-conflict, military-media relations, safety issues and rapid response interventions and she has a particular interest in the use of media in conflict prevention and resolution. Betz is also an active researcher and has authored numerous book chapters and papers
Before returning to the U.S. in 2016, Michelle was based overseas in Ghana, Egypt and Austria where she consulted for numerous international NGOs, U.N. agencies and bilateral organizations. Michelle has conducted workshops and implemented or assessed activities in more than 20 countries including: Ghana, Nepal, DRC, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Iraq, Tunisia, Algeria, Mali, Nigeria, Central African Republic and Ukraine.
Michelle began her career as a network journalist with the Canadian Broadcast Corporation where she covered both national and international stories. She then spent six years teaching journalism at the University of Central Florida. She continues to mentor university students at Monash University’s graduate program in international development.
In 2003, Michelle was awarded a Knight International Journalism Fellowship and spent four months working with journalists in Rwanda. Michelle was awarded a second Knight International Press Fellowship in 2005 and spent five months in Morocco training journalists.
Michelle received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada (1990) and a Master of Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada (1994).
Before returning to the U.S. in 2016, Michelle was based overseas in Ghana, Egypt and Austria where she consulted for numerous international NGOs, U.N. agencies and bilateral organizations. Michelle has conducted workshops and implemented or assessed activities in more than 20 countries including: Ghana, Nepal, DRC, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Iraq, Tunisia, Algeria, Mali, Nigeria, Central African Republic and Ukraine.
Michelle began her career as a network journalist with the Canadian Broadcast Corporation where she covered both national and international stories. She then spent six years teaching journalism at the University of Central Florida. She continues to mentor university students at Monash University’s graduate program in international development.
In 2003, Michelle was awarded a Knight International Journalism Fellowship and spent four months working with journalists in Rwanda. Michelle was awarded a second Knight International Press Fellowship in 2005 and spent five months in Morocco training journalists.
Michelle received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada (1990) and a Master of Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada (1994).