Juliet Tembo is a Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication Studies and a PhD candidate at the University of Johannesburg. She has taught at the University of Zambia since 2011, specialising in media management and radio and television production, and also teaches business and economics journalism. From 2018 to 2022 she served as Assistant Dean (Undergraduate) for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Her research brings together media, gender, feminist macroeconomics, climate justice and China–Africa relations, and spans qualitative and quantitative social research methods. She has trained journalists on financial reporting through the Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa and on the reporting of illicit financial flows, and has spoken on panels covering gender discrimination in Zambian media workplaces and media monitoring of elections.
Before entering academia she worked across the media, research and development sectors. She served as External Relations Manager at Marie Stopes Zambia, handling public relations, marketing, branding and communications; as Projects and Research Officer at the Media Trust Fund for nearly five years; and as a Research Officer at Steadman Research Services.
Education
- PhD candidate
- Master of Mass Communication
- Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management
- Bachelor of Mass Communication
Tembo, J., & Nkhowani, B. T. (2026). Smart City Surveillance in Zambia. The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations.
Hamusokwe, B. N., Ncube, L., Phiri-Chibbonta, C., Tembo, J., & Mambwe, E. (2024). The reproduction of power and jargon in COVID-19 coverage in Zambian media: An analysis of the Zambia Daily Mail and Mwebantu. Journalism Practice, 18(3), 642–657.
Tembo, J., & Kariithi, N. (2019). Media reporting of illicit financial flows and money laundering in Africa. In N. Kariithi (Ed.), How African economies work: A guide to business and economics reporting (pp. 200–220). Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
Tembo, J. (2015). State of the media report, quarters one to four. MISA Zambia.
- Communication and media
- Gender and media · Feminist macroeconomics
- Climate justice
- China–Africa relations
- Business and economics journalism
- Qualitative social research
- Quantitative social research