Christine Kay
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Christine Kay (December 16, 1964 – February 5, 2019) was an American journalist who served as an editor in the Investigations section of The New York Times. Starting in 2015, Kay moved to a new role as Enterprise Consultant.[1] Previously she had served as the deputy editor of the Op-Ed page of the Times beginning in 2003.
At the Times, Kay conceived and edited the Portraits of Grief profile series on the victims of the September 11 attacks.[2] About two dozen of the Portraits articles were cited when Times won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the attacks.[2]
Early life
Kay was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 16, 1964, to Gaza and Carmelia Kay. She grew up in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, and while in high school won a scholarship to summer writing program at Allegheny College.[2]
Education
Kay graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science.[2][3]
Career
Kay was a reporter and editor with The Pittsburgh Press and later worked at Newsday, where she served in a number of roles including weekend editor, before joining The New York Times in 1995 as a copy editor.[2] She started out as the enterprise editor for the metro desk, before becoming assistant metropolitan editor in 1998, handling enterprise pieces and special projects.[2]
She became deputy Op-Ed editor at The New York Times in 2003.[4] Articles that Kay has edited have received notable awards such as Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award. In 2016, Kay co-won both a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and her second George Polk Award for a series on the impact of arbitration clauses in United States law.[2]
Portraits of Grief
Kay was primarily recognized for her work on Portraits of Grief, a series of pieces about the victims of 9/11.[5][6][7]
Death
Kay died on February 5, 2019, at the age of 54 of complications from metastatic breast cancer.[8]
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