Cathrine Gyldensted (born 1973) is a Danish

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, author,

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, and

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and since 2011 the originator of innovating journalism through behavioural sciences like

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and prospection known as

constructive journalism Constructive journalism is a domain within journalism that is grounded within academiaGyldensted, Cathrin"Innovating News Journalism through Positive Psychology" "University of Pennsylvania Scholarly Commons". 1 August 2011. Retrieved 21 December ...

. She coined the term, academically, in 2017 with Karen McIntyre. Much of Gyldensted's method and framework belong within the domain of

. In December 2015, she was appointed the world's first Director of Constructive Journalism at the

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at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. She left Windesheim in July 2017 and co-founded Constructive Journalism Network based in Amsterdam, a journalistic online network based in Amsterdam focusing on

and research pertaining to

Early and personal life

Gyldensted was born in Copenhagen and lived in 1983 with her mother and sister in Saudi Arabia, but later moved to

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, Denmark, graduating in 1991 from Slagelse Gymnasium og HF-kursus. In 1996 she is admitted to the

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and graduated in February 2000 specializing in foreign reporting and radio journalism. Gyldensted's parents are Carsten Gyldensted, professor emeritus,

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, Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience - CFIN at

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and Merete Gyldensted retired Senior Physician at

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. She lives in Copenhagen with Torsten Jansen, a former US correspondent and News Anchor at

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In 2008, they wrote the book Obama City together about power structures in

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Career

Gyldensted began her career in

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working for '' Radioavisen'' at

. She was then hired as a TV reporter for

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in 2001 with shorter editorial TV projects elsewhere within

She was appointed an extra correspondent for Danish Broadcasting Corporation moving to

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in 2007. She remained there until 2011, before returning to Copenhagen embarking on her work with developing the constructive journalism framework and research. In 2003 she was nominated for the

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for uncovering rare cancers amongst retired army radar personnel in

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. In her time with Danish Broadcasting Corporation, she has met such US politicians as

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and

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and the musician

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. She was the head editor of the live talk show Clement Direkte with Clement Kjersgaard in 2004. In 2011, she was anchoring a foreign news radio show “Globus” and the culture show “AK24syv” both at the Danish national radio station,

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. Gyldensted has written two books, “From Mirrors to Movers. Five elements of Constructive Journalism”, and "Blev Du Klogere. A Depolarizing Debate Format", and co-written six others: “Reporting beyond the problem. From Civic Journalism to Solutions Journalism”, “Obama City”, “Håndbog i Konstruktiv Journalistik”, “En Konstruktiv Nyhed”, “Glimt Af Amerika”, and “Gurubogen”.

References

External links

‘Constructive journalism’ course aims to eliminate unnecessary negativity in the press, Claudia Cahalane, ''Positive News'', 7 March 2013

Why constructive journalism can help engage the audience, Catalina Albeanu, ''Journalism.co.uk'', 18 August 2014

Why we need Constructive Elements in Journalism, Cathrine Gyldensted, TEDxDresden, 11 September 2016

‘Cathrine Gyldensted weg bij Windesheim, Dolf Rogmans, ''Villamedia'', 15 July 2017
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