Kate Wright
@newsprof1.bsky.social
Prof of Media and Communication at the University of Edinburgh. Based in Politics/IR. Researching #AI, #Journalism and #Public Service Media. Views own. She/Her
Worth keeping an eye on! #USAGM #VoiceofAmerica
Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · last wk.President Trump's nominee to run USAGM (parent of the now state-captured Voice of America) is to appear tomorrow before the Senate's foreign relations committee. Livestream will be here: www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nom...
Congratulations to the wonderful @newsprof1.bsky.social (& @martinscott2010.bsky.social & @melbunce.bsky.social) for winning ISA Award for Best Book. A fascinating use of FOI requests & records to demonstrate democratic backsliding in public media in the USA. www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
Professor Kate Wright and colleagues win International Studies Association Award for Best Book | School of Social and Political Science
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Bittersweet to have won ISA's Best Book in International Communication,together with @martinscott2010.bsky.social & @melbunce.bsky.social for Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America (OUP 2024). Huge honour, but we would have loved things to have got better, not worse.
International Studies Association@isanet.bsky.social · 5mo agoPlease join us in congratulating the 2025–2026 ISA Award recipients. We are proud to recognize this year’s honorees across ISA sections, caucuses, and regions. To see a complete listing of the 2025-2026 awardees click here: isanet.org/News/ID/6651... #ISA2026
#Minneapolis hearing about schools allowing kids to learn online if they don't feel safe to come in, food runs for families who don't feel safe to go out, mass peaceful protests, clergy being arrested for praying on their knees in the snow. You beautiful, beautiful people. youtu.be/YbCIJV6biVE?...
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Postdoc position(s) at The Digital Democracy Centre
Application deadline: February 15th, 2026, 23:59 CET/CEST.
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The @ec.europa.eu response to US entry restrictions on EU individuals working on DSA, hate speech, and content moderation. “Our digital rules ensure a safe, fair, and level playing field for all companies” Merry Christmas 🎄 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Statement by the European Commission on the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on certain EU individuals
The European Commission strongly condemns the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton.\nFreedom of expression is
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I wondered why the National Security Strategy didn't mention international broadcasting as it seemed so important to the second Trump administration. Then I saw this from @newsguy.bsky.social about VOA.
Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe self-proclaimed head of USAGM, Kari Lake, who this year destroyed nearly all of the Voice of America, tells the agency's few remaining journalists the White House National Security Strategy will "guide our interview subjects, story selection, and coverage going forward."
Honoured to be launching this report in partnership with @publicmedia.bsky.social. Feels timely, the day after the Head of NATO warned of the need to prepare for war with Russia...
BRAID UK@braiduk.bsky.social · 8mo ago“The research finds that PSM have distinctive concerns, challenges and values, which shape their efforts to procure AI ‘responsibly’ at a time of heightened security risks and rapid geopolitical change.” Prof Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social www.publicmediaalliance.org/data-privacy...
🚨🚨Striking and frightening that #Trump is also calling the shots over British #broadcasting and the #BBC. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/whit...
Trump gloats as BBC boss quits over coverage ‘mistakes’
Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, steps down after days of torrid headlines for the state broadcaster — and a direct attack by the Trump administration.
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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! 👏 Read more 👉 edin.ac/4mL8iJt
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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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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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 · 11mo agoWell, 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
Congratulations! I highly recommend the book.
Kate Wright@newsprof1.bsky.social · 11mo agoWell, 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
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
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 · last yr.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
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!
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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JOB KLAXON - 5 year Research Fellowship for experienced postdoc working with @andrewhoskins.bsky.social on digital war @edinburghuni.bsky.social elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Fellow (WARSHARE)
We are looking for an experienced postdoctoral Research Fellow with demonstrated success in delivering complex research projects, and advanced knowledge in conceptual and theoretical work on the appli...
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The public radio network's chief executive said in a statement that the US president's order was a 'clear violation of the Constitution.' www.ft.com/content/f7a3...
1 hour to go! Join us online for the launch of our new tool Am I Facing a SLAPP? Starting at 12pm today (BST): us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Join Index on Censorship as we launch our new and expanded "Am I Facing a SLAPP" tool
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Index on Censorship@indexoncensorship.org · last yr.Tomorrow: Join us online to launch Am I facing a SLAPP? - a new tool identifying the tools and tactics used by bullies to target free speech. 27 May at 12pm (BST): www.indexoncensorship.org/events/am-i-...
Bravo to @reuters.com. The shot that #Trump showed #Ramaphosa, claiming it was evidence of white genocide in South Africa? It was from their footage of the aftermath of a battle with M23 in DRC www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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The largest ever global analysis of #humanitarian reporting. Delighted this is finally out!
Digital Journalism@digitaljournalism.bsky.social · last yr.ONLINE FIRST & OPEN ACCESS! A global study co-authored by @newsprof1.bsky.social, Dani Madrid-Morales, and @cbarrie.bsky.social of over 1 million media texts shows Anglophone outlets favor the "emergency imaginary," while global coverage uses more diverse frames. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Need some evidence of goodness and kindness in the world? The Quilters is a really touching, beautiful documentary about prisoners who make quilts for foster children. www.netflix.com/gb/title/820...
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In this award-winning short documentary, men in a Missouri maximum-security prison design and sew beautiful, personalized quilts for foster children.
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What do you think will happen to journalists known to have worked for @voanews.com.web.brid.gy if they are sent back to authoritarian countries? The lack of responsibility is breathtaking. Trump administration fires nearly 600 contractors at Voice of America www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration fires nearly 600 contractors at Voice of America
Some workers at new network now face deportation as their visas are linked to their jobs
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SCOOP: On Friday, the US Copyright Office released a blockbuster report on AI training. On Saturday, the USCO director was unceremoniously fired. Today, two men claiming to be Trump appointees—including a new acting USCO director—showed up at the office: www.wired.com/story/us-cop...
Two Men Claiming to Be Trump Appointees Blocked From Entering US Copyright Office
The men appeared at the US Copyright Office days after after the Trump administration fired its leader, who had just published a report about the use of copyrighted materials for AI training.
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In huge news, the UK government was just defeated in the House of Lords for a second time over AI & copyright. The government had removed amendments to the Data Bill that would require AI companies to disclose their training data. The Lords have now reinserted them. 🧵 1/2
Would someone please explain to me why this US Bill seeks to prevent states from issuing any laws or regulations of #AI for the next 10 years? docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/...
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Honoured to hear that Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: #Trump and @voanews.com.web.brid.gy has been shortlisted for an outstanding achievement award by @meccsa.bsky.social. Celebrating with coauthors @martinscott2010.bsky.social + @melbunce.bsky.social www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outst...
I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
