digital journalism Archives - Ellen Hume Media Analyst and Journalist

Fun and Games in the Washington Press Corps

“Journalism could be dangerous, I knew, even for American reporters in peacetime…”

Separating real news from “fake news”

I’m happy to see this new initiative that helps us identify the real journalists who offer trusted work, with accountability. Now we need to get more media literacy, so consumers will know to use tools like this Transparency Tracker to select reality-based,...

Do the facts matter?

So how far should real journalists go in saying that someone is “misstating” the facts, i.e. lying? This was raised recently by the NYTimes ombudsman. http://t.co/rn2GLZrx …Everyone came down on the poor fellow to say DUH, of course, that’s what real journalists...