Karen F McCarthy

Karen Frances McCarthy (born January, 1971) is a journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker who was born in Dublin, Ireland, and is based in New York. She has a master's degree in Anglo-Irish Literature from University College Dublin and is a graduate of the London School of Journalism.[1] She has been named one of Ireland's top female broadcasters who have had an international impact.[2] She is the sister of Irish Olympian Earl McCarthy.

Journalism

McCarthy is a contributor on religion/spirituality issues for Huffington Post Religion[3] Beliefnet,[4] the Belfast Media Group,[5] The Irish Echo[6] and The Riverdale Press.[7][8] She is writing a new book on science and religion and the search for truth [9]

McCarthy began her journalism career in America, writing lifestyle features and personal profile stories for a variety of newspapers, including The Irish Times where she wrote lifestyle features, and The Irish Echo, where she wrote on lifestyles and education. She also wrote personal profiles for The New York Amsterdam News.[10][11]

In 2007, she was an embedded reporter in Iraq. She was one of the first to write about Sunni Awakening Councils in Anbar Province in Baqubah, which was the headquarters of Al Qaeda in Iraq at the time, for The Irish Times. She also wrote stories for The News Tribune.[12]

In 2008, she began covering American politics, specifically the U.S. presidential election, for the Irish Examiner.[13] She later worked as a broadcast journalist for the Riz Khan Show on Al Jazeera English.[14]

Television

In the mid-90s, McCarthy worked with Deepak Chopra to produce TV shows based on Chopra's Books, Alchemy and The Crystal Cave. Martin Sheen as Arthur, Robert Guillaume as Merlin, and Johanna Cassidy as the narrator offered a dramatic reading designed to teach those seeking a deeper meaning in their lives that they may locate wisdom by seeking their "inner wizard."

In 2006, McCarthy wrote and produced Made in America[15] for RTÉ in Ireland, about four 30-something Irish people who emigrated to the U.S. in the early 1990s. This was on the eve of Celtic Tiger economic boom and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement that changed the economic and political climate of Ireland.[16] The series was nominated for an Irish Film & Television Academy Award for Best Documentary Series.[17]

Books

The Other Irish

In 2010, McCarthy began to research and write The Other Irish for Sterling Publishing Inc. about the feisty Scots-Irish immigrants who traveled to America and made significant contributions to the American character and culture.

The Other Irish was supported by Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs as part of the country's Reconciliation and Anti-Sectarian Fund as a cultural outreach project. The announcement of support for these projects was made on Nov 28, 2012.

Northern Ireland is still a very divided society. We saw the potential for sectarian activity to flare up again this summer, so it’s clear that, despite the enormous progress made since the Good Friday Agreement was signed, great challenges remain. We are supporting these projects to help overcome the problem of sectarianism and to promote reconciliation in Northern Ireland as well as strengthening community relations across the island of Ireland. I am grateful to the groups and individuals who carry out this critical work. It remains as important as ever that we support their efforts.[18]

The book received considerable attention from the BBC, and she appeared on RTÉ's History Show with Miles Dungan, NPR with Kathleen Dunn,[19] the BBC's Saturday Morning Radio Show[20] with John Toal. She was also a guest on Andrae McGary WGOW talk show (McGary was a 2012 Democratic candidate for District 10 of the Tennessee State Senate at the time[21]) and Race Talk Radio.[22]

With government support, McCarthy traveled throughout Ireland, talking to various Protestant communities, including the Ulster Scots Agency,[23] the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland,[24] the Linen Hall Library,[25] and the Monreagh Heritage Centre.[26] It was also supported in the media by Ian Adamson, OBE,[27] and William Humphrey DUP MLA in the Belfast Telegraph.[28]

Bill Gimpsey of the Scots-Irish Society of the USA, wrote that McCarthy's book was "a surprise for a number of reasons ... she is from the mainline Irish community, who has traditionally written less favorably about the Scotch-Irish.".[29] It was reviewed favorably by the Huffington Post,[30] which wrote "The author's agility as a storyteller makes each moment come alive via concrete descriptions and relatable, human-interest stories," and by Prof. James Flannery of Emory College for the Irish America Magazine[31] who wrote "she really brings the whole Scots-Irish saga to life and makes us understand why they have made such an extraordinary contribution in so many different ways to Southern, and indeed American, culture in general."

More recently, it has been cited in reference to Donald Trump's immigration stance by USA Today,[32] and by Mike Tuggle for the Abbeville Institute in defense of the South[33]

References

  1. ↑ "Karen F. McCarthy Writer". Official Site. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ Kenny, Dave. "Why our girls are stars of the global small screen". Irish Examiner. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ McCarthy, Karen Frances. "Fantastic Healings and Spiritual Phenomena". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. ↑ McCarthy, Karen Frances. "Grief: No Apology Needed". Beliefnet. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. ↑ McCarthy, Karen F. "A ray of sunshine peeks through the millennia to light the secrets of Newgrange". Belfast Media Group. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ McCarthy, Karen F. "Mixed Views on Same-Sex Marriage" (PDF). The Irish Echo. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ McCarthy, Karen F. "Yoga Bliss in the Heart of Riverdale". The Riverdale Press. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ McCarthy, Karen F. "Seniors Embrace Reiki". The Riverdale Press. Retrieved Dec 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Official Website". Karen F. McCarthy Writer. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  10. ↑ McCarthy, Karen F. "A Profile of Jessy Terrero". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  11. ↑ McCarthy, Karen F. "In Search of Soul". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  12. ↑ McCarthy, Karen F. "Hunting missing troops in Iraq". Times Union. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  13. ↑ McCarthy, Karen F. "The truth, the whole truth, and anything but". Irish Examiner. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  14. ↑ Khan, Riz. "Street Talk". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  15. ↑ Staff Reporter. "The Celtic Tigers". Irish Echo. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  16. ↑ RTÉ. "Made in America". YouTube. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  17. ↑ "IFTA Nominations 2007". IFTN. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  18. ↑ Department of, Foreign Affairs. "Tánaiste announces awards to 72 reconciliation and anti-sectarianism projects". DFA. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  19. ↑ "The Kathleen Dunn Show". WPR. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Saturday Magazine Show". YouTube. Retrieved Dec 1, 2015.
  21. ↑ McGary, Andrae. "Andrae McGary". Balotpedia. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  22. ↑ Michelsen, Dennis F. "Race Talk Radio". Race Talk Radio. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Book Reading by Karen F. McCarthy 'The Other Irish'". Ulster Scots Agency. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Talks at PRONI this week". Irish Genealogy News. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  25. ↑ McCarthy, Karen F. "Talk by Karen F. McCarthy on The Other Irish" (PDF). The Linen Hall Library. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Karen F. McCarthy Visits Monreagh Heritage Centre". YouTube. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  27. ↑ Adamson, Ian. "The Other Irish Book Launch: Karen F. McCarthy". Ian Adamson. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  28. ↑ Humphrey, William. "Belfast theatres have little to offer working classes". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  29. ↑ Gimpsey, Bill. "Review of The Other Irish by Karen F. McCarthy" (PDF). Scotch-Irish Society USA. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  30. ↑ Stroud, Court. "Nothing Like Those Kennedys: A Review of The Other Irish by Karen F. McCarthy". The Huffington Post. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  31. ↑ Flannery, James. "Review of Books". Irish America. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  32. ↑ Robinson, Sherry. "Column to Trump: 'Scum of two nations' yielded presidents, patriots". USA Today. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
  33. ↑ Tuggle, Mike. "The Southern Cradle: A Review of The Other Irish by Karen F. McCarthy". Abbeville Institute. Retrieved Nov 30, 2015.
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