Ammu Joseph (born 26 September 1953) is a journalist, author, media analyst and editorial consultant based in Bangalore, India.

[1][2][3] Ammu writes primarily on issues relating to gender, human development,[4] the media and culture.

[2] Joseph began her career as a journalist with Eve's Weekly, which she served as Assistant Editor for four years (1977–81).

Joseph has published the following books: Other recent publications she has been associated with are: Re / Shaping Cultural Policies (UNESCO, 2015 and 2018); Inside the News: Challenges and Aspirations of Women Journalists in Asia and the Pacific (UNESCO/UN Women, 2015); Media and Gender: A Scholarly Agenda for a Global Alliance (UNESCO/IAMCR, 2014); The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013); the Learning Resource Kit to Strengthen Gender-Ethical Journalism (WACC/IFJ, 2012); The Media in South Asia (South Asian Journal 38, 2012); Missing Half the Story: Journalism as if Gender Matters (Zubaan, 2010); Tsunami 2004: Communication Perspectives (Hampton Press, 2010).

She was on the visiting faculty of the Sophia College Polytechnic, Mumbai (1981–85), the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai/Madras (2000–2003) and the Convergence Institute of Media, Management & Information Technology, Bangalore, besides being invited to deliver guest lectures at a number of other J-schools across the country.

[7][8] She also wrote a fortnightly column on current affairs and social issues for children in The Hindu's Young World supplement for eight years in the 1990s under the pseudonym Uma.