Mary Katharine Ham
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| Mary Katharine Ham | |
| Born | April 5, 1980 Montgomery, Alabama, United States |
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| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website MKH Blog HamNation Videos |
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Mary Katharine Ham (born April 5, 1980 in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American columnist and writer and currently a blogger at the Weekly Standard.[1] She was previously an online editor for The Washington Examiner[2] and a columnist and managing editor for Townhall.com.
Her video blog series, "HamNation", won a Golden Dot award for Best Vlog of 2006 from the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet and her HamNationvideo, "Sopranos DC", was voted "Video Of The Year" in the 2007 Weblog Awards.[3]
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[edit] Early life and career
Ham graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia and previously worked for the Richmond County Daily Journal in Rockingham, North Carolina before arriving at TownHall.com by way of its previous owners, the Heritage Foundation, where she had edited Insider Magazine and its online subsidiary. She has blogged for Hugh Hewitt, served as guest host for Michelle Malkin's video blog Hot Air, and appeared weekly on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News program, The O'Reilly Factor, discussing Internet-related issues as the show's "internet cop" (a role now given to Amanda Carpenter). Ham now appears regularly on The O'Reilly Factor as a general issue contributor, usually with Juan Williams, and is a guest contributor on the Fox News program, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.
[edit] Personal life
Her father, Jon Ham, is also a journalist and blogger.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/
- ^ "Ham joins Examiner staff". [1]. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/ham_joins_examiner_staff_as_web_site_editor2008-05-24T07_00_00.html. Retrieved on 20098-06-03.
- ^ Kevin Aylward (November 11, 2007). "Video Of The Year". The 2007 Weblog Awards. http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/video-of-the-year-1.php. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Carolina Journal Print Columnists - Jon Ham". http://www.carolinajournal.com/cjcolumnists/display_author.html?id=191. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
[edit] External links
- Mary Katharine Ham's blog
- Mary Katharine Ham's columns and biography at Townhall.com
- "BlogJam: Hammin' it up" A profile by The Politico, June 3, 2007
- Mary Katherine Ham on Twitter.com
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