Media Assistance and Democratization in East Central Europe: The Problem of "Fact-based" Journalism (Research Brief)

My work seeks both to document media assistance efforts in central and eastern Europe and to explore their implicit claims to universality. This I am doing by placing Western journalism training in the contexts of foreign aid ("public diplomacy"), the history of the several journalisms in central and eastern Europe, the perhaps unique historical development of what is called Anglo-American journalism, the role of foundations in the export of culture, etc.

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James Miller, of Hampshire College, was a 2002-03 Short-Term Travel Grants fellow.