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Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social · 5d

ICYMI: Congratulations to Professor Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social, Co-Lead of the interdisciplinary research cluster in Media and Communications at Edinburgh Futures Institute, for winning Outstanding Monograph of the Year! 👏

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Professor Kate Wright wins Outstanding Monograph of the Year - Edinburgh Futures Institute

Professor Kate Wright wins Outstanding Monograph of the Year for book on Trump and Voice of America

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · 8d

Oh that's strange, working for me in Scotland!

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · 8d

Tagging @victorpickard.bsky.social @rodneybenson.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @martinscott2010.bsky.social @melbunce.bsky.social

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · 8d

Just spotted - the order is worth reading in full #VOA @voanews.com.web.brid.gy

www.axios.com/2025/09/30/t...

Read: Judge pauses Trump administration's VOA cuts in scathing order

Actions of Trump officials in the case that names Kari Lake as a defendant "readily support contempt proceedings," the judge said.

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you! For future ref, I'm @newsprof1.bsky.social

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Kim Andrew Elliott @kaedotcom.bsky.social · Sep 5

About Trump and VOA during Trump's first term.

Which was only a hint of what would happen in Trump's second term.

Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Well, there's a surprise! Just won Outstanding Monograph of the Year from @meccsa.bsky.social for Capturing News, Capturing Democracy @oxfordunipress.bsky.social with @martinscott2010.bsky.social and @melbunce.bsky.social

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sadly - yes.

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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations! I highly recommend the book.

Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Well, there's a surprise! Just won Outstanding Monograph of the Year from @meccsa.bsky.social for Capturing News, Capturing Democracy @oxfordunipress.bsky.social with @martinscott2010.bsky.social and @melbunce.bsky.social

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wow - means a lot coming from you, Alex. Thank you for your generosity.

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks x

Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you!

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Well, there's a surprise! Just won Outstanding Monograph of the Year from @meccsa.bsky.social for Capturing News, Capturing Democracy @oxfordunipress.bsky.social with @martinscott2010.bsky.social and @melbunce.bsky.social

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Jun 29

Backatcha @bheravi.bsky.social !

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thanks for this Shannon - am @newsprof1.bsky.social here!

Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Jun 28

My pleasure, I hope our paths cross at some point.

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Jun 20

Honoured that Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and @voanews.com.web.brid.gy was a finalist for the @aejmc.bsky.social
prestigious Tankard award. @melbunce.bsky.social @martinscott2010.bsky.social and I are delighted. Our hearty congratulations to @gwynmell.bsky.social!

AEJMC @aejmc.bsky.social · Jun 17

Congrats to the AEJMC Tankard Book Award Winner:
Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press Used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow, Gwyneth Mellinger, University of Massachusetts Press, 2024. Also congrats to the two finalists! #AEJMC25 #AejmcAwards

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Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thrilled to have received the "honourable mention" (runner up place) from the Journalism Studies division of #ICA2025, together with longstanding coauthors @martinscott2010.bsky.social + @melbunce.bsky.social. Our hearty congratulations to the overall winner @ruthmoon.bsky.social!

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Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture & Society @edcdcs.bsky.social · Jun 5

Delighted to see @newsprof1.bsky.social's article 'Beyond Emergencies? Reporting on Humanitarian Issues Around the World' out in ‪@digitaljournalism.bsky.social‬ Brilliant to see researchers experimenting with new methods! Congrats to Kate and her co-authors: edin.ac/43NShLi

Beyond “Emergencies?" Reporting on Humanitarian Issues Around the World | Data Culture & Society

Dr Kate Wright, Academic Lead of the Media and Communications Research Cluster at EFI, has just published a lead-authored article challenging a pre-eminent and longstanding theory in the field of huma...

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