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Talk Show Culture
Chapter by Ellen Hume from the Encyclopedia of International Media and
Communications, Vol. 4 (2003). A summary of the history and social impact
of America's talk show culture.
Global Media Development Report:
The Media Missionaries
A global survey by Ellen Hume of American efforts to train and support
journalists around the world. Published in 2004 by the Knight Foundation.
Tabloids, Talk Radio
and the Future of News
Ellen Hume's 1995 critique of today's journalism and its forward-looking
analysis of journalism on the Internet won the Bart Richards Award for
Media Criticism from Penn State University. It describes in detail, with
case studies and other references, what is wrong with today's American
journalism and what might be done to improve it.
University Journalism Education: A Global Challenge
A Report to the Center for International Media Assistance, August 2007
Freedom of the Press
An independent media sector ensures the free flow of information that is vital in a democratic society. Using examples from many nations, Ellen Hume outlines four essential roles that a free press serves: holding government leaders accountable to the people, publicizing issues that need attention, educating citizens so they can make informed decisions, and connecting people with each other in civil society. Originally published in eJournal USA, December, 2005 edition.
Journalism and Citizenship
Writing in May, 2000 for Harvard's Nieman Reports, Ellen Hume discusses
American "civic journalism" and its critics,"objectivity,"
as well as contemporary journalism in the formerly Communist Czech Republic.
Wired World, Wired Learning
In this paper delivered at the City College of London in 1999, Ellen Hume
describes the "new literacy" required for the World Wide Web,
and the ways in which the new digital media can be helpful to democracy.
Resource Journalism
This paper delivered at M.I.T. in 1998, describes the multimedia PBS "Democracy
Project" and discusses journalists' disappointing failure to take
full advantage of of new media technologies which could help citizens
in democracies.
Capturing Opportunities for Leadership
Drawing on her own life's story, Ellen Hume describes her frustrating
start as a young journalist and suggests that anyone can make a positive
difference.
Freedom of the Press
An independent media sector ensures the free flow of information that is vital in a democratic society. Using examples from many nations, Ellen Hume outlines four essential roles that a free press serves: holding government leaders accountable to the people, publicizing issues that need attention, educating citizens so they can make informed decisions, and connecting people with each other in civil society. Originally published in eJournal USA, December, 2005.
Journalism Ethics
Some people laugh at the idea that journalists might have “ethics.” What about all those sensational stories, the scandals where reporters make things up, the hypocrisy and lack of honesty that people think they experience every day in the media? What about all those journalists who say they are fair and balanced, and they just seem to spout what the powerful want them to say?
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