Teffera G. Teffera is a media strategist and researcher exploring the intersection of storytelling, emerging media, and digital public infrastructures. His work spans media production, audience analytics, and platform development, with a focus on how AI-enabled technologies shape communication, cultural production, and governance. With experience across digital, radio, and TV, he examines not just how stories are told, but how they travel—who gets to tell them, who gets to hear them, and the systems that shape their reach.
Much of his work has centered on African and diaspora communities, uncovering narratives and producing stories that elevate voices often overlooked in mainstream media. From special features like Adrift or Beyond the Unicorn, to personal explorations of culture and identity through projects like Yohannes Aramde—an inquiry into Ethiopian-American experience cited in Sing and Sing On: Sentinel Musicians and the Making of the Ethiopian American Diaspora (University of Chicago Press)—his work is driven by a commitment to designing more inclusive, dynamic spaces for engagement, collaboration, and cultural exchange.
Teffera holds a Master’s in Applied Cybernetics from Australian National University and a dual Bachelor’s in International Relations and Economics from Syracuse University, where he focused on Africa’s political economy.
His work bridges research and practice, helping organizations navigate the future of media through audience research, interactive media experiments, and platform strategy.
Expertise:
emerging technologies, media production, cross-cultural narratives, audience analytics, digital strategy, media ecosystems, strategic foresight
