David M. Hoffman
Encyclopedia
David M. Hoffman is Chief Executive Officer of Internews
Network, a global non-profit organization that fosters independent media and access to information worldwide. Co-founded by Hoffman in 1982, Internews Network has worked in 70 countries, and currently has offices in 23 countries in Africa
, Asia
, Europe
, the Middle East
, and North America
.
Hoffman has written widely about media and democracy, the Internet, and the importance of supporting pluralistic, local media around the world. His articles have appeared in The New York Times
, The Washington Post
, The Wall Street Journal
, The International Herald Tribune, Foreign Affairs
, The Huffington Post
, and The San Francisco Chronicle. He has also testified before US House and Senate committees on issues of press freedom and access to information.
Hoffman was a founder of and serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Global Forum for Media Development, a cross-sector initiative of more than 500 leading media assistance organizations from over 100 countries. GFMD is a practitioner-led process open to all sides of the community involved in media development around the world, with a mission to make media development an integral part of overall development strategies, just like education or health.
Hoffman was project director of the Emmy-award winning television series Capital to Capital in 1987-1990, produced in association with ABC News
and Soviet State Television, and was project director for Internews’ broadcasts of the proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
, for which Internews was awarded the European Commission
’s ECHO Award for Broadcast Commitment in 1996.
From 1980-1982 Hoffman was the editor of Evolutionary Blues, a journal of political thought on international conflict, the threat of nuclear war, and US-Soviet relations.
Hoffman has a BA in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University
and has completed doctoral work at the University of Colorado in the Social and Intellectual History of the United States.
Hoffman was the founder and co-director of Survival Summer, a coalition of 140 national peace and disarmament groups that helped launch the anti-nuclear war movement of 1980. Prior to that, he was California Area Director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
Internews
Internews Network is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect, and the means to make their voices heard...
Network, a global non-profit organization that fosters independent media and access to information worldwide. Co-founded by Hoffman in 1982, Internews Network has worked in 70 countries, and currently has offices in 23 countries in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Hoffman has written widely about media and democracy, the Internet, and the importance of supporting pluralistic, local media around the world. His articles have appeared in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, The International Herald Tribune, Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually...
, The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
, and The San Francisco Chronicle. He has also testified before US House and Senate committees on issues of press freedom and access to information.
Hoffman was a founder of and serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Global Forum for Media Development, a cross-sector initiative of more than 500 leading media assistance organizations from over 100 countries. GFMD is a practitioner-led process open to all sides of the community involved in media development around the world, with a mission to make media development an integral part of overall development strategies, just like education or health.
Hoffman was project director of the Emmy-award winning television series Capital to Capital in 1987-1990, produced in association with ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
and Soviet State Television, and was project director for Internews’ broadcasts of the proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a...
, for which Internews was awarded the European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
’s ECHO Award for Broadcast Commitment in 1996.
From 1980-1982 Hoffman was the editor of Evolutionary Blues, a journal of political thought on international conflict, the threat of nuclear war, and US-Soviet relations.
Hoffman has a BA in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
and has completed doctoral work at the University of Colorado in the Social and Intellectual History of the United States.
Hoffman was the founder and co-director of Survival Summer, a coalition of 140 national peace and disarmament groups that helped launch the anti-nuclear war movement of 1980. Prior to that, he was California Area Director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
Publications by David M. Hoffman
- "The I-Factor," Huffington Post, July 30, 2009
- "The Permanent Campaign Has No Borders," Huffington Post, December 18, 2008
- "World Bank should link loans to press freedom," International Herald Tribune, April 4, 2006
- "Tune In to Democracy," New York Times, March 13, 2004
- "Beyond Public Diplomacy," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2002