Citizen Kate

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Citizen Kate is a mockumentary series about a fictional citizen journalist named Kate on the actual presidential campaign trail that has been produced in 2008 and in 2016 by Viva Lundin Productions of Chicago and Los Angeles. The series was created by Carey Lundin who, as an award-winning producer of political campaign spots, always wanted to follow the presidential campaign.{{Cite web|last=Kogan|first=Rick|title=On filmmaker Mark Frazel, a lion of knowledge|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-mark-frazen-kogan-sidewalks-ent-0809-20160808-column.html|access-date=2021-07-08 |work=Chicago Tribune|date=9 August 2016 }}{{Cite web|date=26 February 2007|title=MySpace race on the campaign trail|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-02-26-0702260005-story.html|website=Chicago Tribune}}

Without any experience in either politics or reporting, Citizen Kate attends political events, where she talks with senators, delegates, and presidential candidates in order to uncover the political process. Citizen Kate has been described as a "half valley girl, half Michael Moore".Turner, Cynthia, [http://www.cynopsis.com/content/view/2337/53/ Cynthia Turner's Cynopsis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927121622/http://www.cynopsis.com/content/view/2337/53/|date=2007-09-27}}, April 5, 2007 in her Website of the Day section

The Tribune story was also picked up by The Economist Global Technology Forum.{{Cite web |url=http://ebusinessforum.com/index.asp?layout=rich_story&doc_id=10196&title=MySpace+race+on+the+campaign+trail&channelid=4&categoryid=28 |title=The Economist Global Technology Forum |access-date=2007-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929031808/http://ebusinessforum.com/index.asp?layout=rich_story&doc_id=10196&title=MySpace+race+on+the+campaign+trail&channelid=4&categoryid=28 |archive-date=2007-09-29 |url-status=dead }} In April 2007, YouTube's CitizenTube editor highlighted Citizen Kate's "crush" on Obama and demonstration of "serious pluck" in the YouTube Staff Picks of the Week.Steve, CitizenTube Editor, [https://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=V4Q1ClILZto Staff Picks of the Week], April 13, 2007 highlights Citizen Kate's crush on Obama and selects her vblog as one to watch on YouTube

In 2024, Citizen Kate was relaunched as @RealCitizenKate or @Real_CitizenKate to cover the 2024 Presidential campaign trail. WORT Radio interviewed Kate about Christian Nationalism. https://soundcloud.com/wort-fm/citizen-kate