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On a mission to get everyone to stop saying “the media” and be specific. For example, a mom-and-pop radio station, a large Internet...

On a mission to get everyone to stop saying “the media” and be specific. For example, a mom-and-pop radio station, a large Internet company, a local magazine, a community newspaper and a legacy media social media feed are all VERY different things (just to name a few).

Horsing around in Bethlehem in the snow with Seamus. 💙

Horsing around in Bethlehem in the snow with Seamus. 💙

You can take the girl out of the South but sometimes this happens. 🤷‍♀️

You can take the girl out of the South but sometimes this happens. 🤷‍♀️

I just used the word tarnation for the first time maybe ever, so I guess I'm Yosemite Sam today.The question is, am I angry Sam or sweet...

I just used the word tarnation for the first time maybe ever, so I guess I'm Yosemite Sam today.

The question is, am I angry Sam or sweet Sam?

Today is World Press Freedom Day. A free press is crucial to democracy. I think of Evan Gershkovich, the WSJ reporter who has been...

Today is World Press Freedom Day. A free press is crucial to democracy. I think of Evan Gershkovich, the WSJ reporter who has been wrongfully detained by the Russian government for over a year. His arrest is an attack on journalists around the world.

When I moved from Alabama almost two years ago, if you’d told me I’d be contributing to coverage of an earthquake in Pennsylvania, I...

When I moved from Alabama almost two years ago, if you’d told me I’d be contributing to coverage of an earthquake in Pennsylvania, I probably would have said something like, “Sure. Also Alabama will be in the Final Four.” 🙄🤣

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/05/us/earthquake-new-york/across-the-northeast-startled-residents-wondered-what-the-shaking-was?smid=url-share

Piper has feelings about how this book aged.

Piper has feelings about how this book aged.

I decided to do what women do and take matters into my own hands so that I can stop worrying about the integrity of the platform from which...

I decided to do what women do and take matters into my own hands so that I can stop worrying about the integrity of the platform from which I choose to publish, so I have a new website! Subscribe to my (free) newsletter at the bottom of the home page.

https://meredithcummings.com

Today in class one of my students said I was passionate, and I thought he meant about journalism but he was talking about my social media...

Today in class one of my students said I was passionate, and I thought he meant about journalism but he was talking about my social media feeds and my love for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Honestly? Im OK with this.

It’s #Rivalry159! #GoLehigh #BeatLaFayette

It’s #Rivalry159! #GoLehigh #BeatLaFayette

Ted’s doing his morning yoga.

Ted’s doing his morning yoga.

My initials are MCC. So when I was a kid I told people I equaled energy and that’s the kind of geekiness that I have yet to overcome. 😕

My initials are MCC. So when I was a kid I told people I equaled energy and that’s the kind of geekiness that I have yet to overcome. 😕

I may be 1,000 miles away, but every Saturday I pull out the kitchen towel, watch Bama play, and pretend I’m home. ❤️🐘🏈

I may be 1,000 miles away, but every Saturday I pull out the kitchen towel, watch Bama play, and pretend I’m home. ❤️🐘🏈

Justice Alito slammed the em dash in the and/or Supremes case (Pulsifer v. U.S.) and those are fighting words for journalists: “It might...

Justice Alito slammed the em dash in the and/or Supremes case (Pulsifer v. U.S.) and those are fighting words for journalists: “It might as well be — it might as well be Greek with all this stuff about distributive and em dash and all of that.”

There is an em dash in that quote. 😂

GET UP ITS GAME DAY! #RollTide

GET UP ITS GAME DAY! #RollTide

Celeste Ng's Our Missing Hearts is now out in paperback. Here's the review I wrote last year for @PPG. It's a book absolutely...

Celeste Ng's Our Missing Hearts is now out in paperback. Here's the review I wrote last year for @PPG. It's a book absolutely worth the time and emotional investment.

https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2022/10/02/book-review-our-missing-hearts-celeste-ng/stories/202210020016

Sun! Flowers! 🌻🌻🌻

Sun! Flowers! 🌻🌻🌻

What happens when you text with dilated eyes. 😂

What happens when you text with dilated eyes. 😂

😂😂😂 I think everyone, and I mean everyone, should read this in-class esssay written by my little brother, Tyler, when he was a...

😂😂😂 I think everyone, and I mean everyone, should read this in-class esssay written by my little brother, Tyler, when he was a rebellious 15-year-old student. The teacher’s response is an A+. 👌

Willie Mays, from just outside my home city of Birmingham, played baseball in Birmingham's Industrial Leagues then Birmingham Black...

Willie Mays, from just outside my home city of Birmingham, played baseball in Birmingham's Industrial Leagues then Birmingham Black Barons in 1948. The MLB is going to do a really cool thing to honor him:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/mlb-to-stage-negro-leagues-tribute-game-at-18161056.php