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Kate Nacy is the first EJO Fellow to participate the European Journalism Fellowship program at the Freie Universität Berlin. Kate Nacy works as a journalist, writer and editor. Her work has appeared in news publications as well as in literary and arts journals. She served as the European Journalism Observatory’s English Web Editor from 2008 – 2012.
September 11, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
How a mustachioed outlier learned to use Twitter and suckered the media. An otherwise unknown loon takes control of the newscycle, gives more than 150 interviews prior to being awarded a formal press conference, and in the end, reneges on...
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August 23, 2010 •
Digital News, Specialist Journalism •
by Kate Nacy
Guardian creates governmental truth-tracking tool. Emerging as leaders in “data journalism” and celebrated for launching a sharp bunch of free, simplified analysis tools, The Guardian releases its latest creation: The Pledge...
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August 16, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Kate Nacy
New research tracks coverage of gay marriage debate. Are you for “family values” or “human equality”? Not that you actually have to choose one over the other, despite the prevalent belief that the two are mutually...
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July 25, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. The cyberworld, it seems, is condemned to the same ineludible limitations. Facebook users are dying. So are Twitterers, MySpacers, Flickrers and Tumblrers. But as social media users...
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July 21, 2010 •
Digital News, Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
The Daily Mail‘s website is a humongous success. And it’s free. Let’s skip the pros and cons of the somewhat tired ‘to paywall or not to paywall’ argument for a moment and focus on a website which is quite...
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July 18, 2010 •
Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
A recommendation for journalists: follow the lawyers. While journalists occasionally serve as the butt of a bad joke or two (ex: What do you get if you cross a sports reporter with a vegetable? A common tater), they’re victimized far...
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July 2, 2010 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Kate Nacy
PEJ and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life release study on Catholic clergy sexual abuse scandal. Analysis dealt with media coverage of the Catholic Church scandal in Europe and the U.S. from 2002 – 2010, with a particular...
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June 18, 2010 •
Digital News, Specialist Journalism •
by Kate Nacy
How neurological elements of arousal play into news According to Jack Fuller, author of What is Happening to News? The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism, we can count indefinitely on fear and sex to attract the eye. While...
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June 12, 2010 •
Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
Advertising blunder raises interesting questions about ad sales and content farms. Observed from France, where ads are localized, the Huffington Post’s homepage recently hosted what appears to be a gigantic advertisement featuring...
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