Kimberly Callecod-Weinrich is a Ph.D. candidate at the international doctoral program in educational and communication sciences at the FH Burgenland University of Applied Sciences in Eisenstadt, Austria. Her field of research is news literacy. Since 2002, Kimberly has been an adjunct lecturer in the journalism program at the FH Wien University of Applied Sciences in Vienna. She also runs weinrichworld, a language services company. Before settling in Austria, she received a bachelor's degree of music from the University of Texas at Austin and a master's degree in popular culture from Bowling Green State University.