Meredith Cummings

I just overheard the most Pennsylvania comment I’ve heard since moving here three years ago:

“People are saying get milk and bread! Get milk and bread! I tell them, Stop it. Just stop it. The Wawa. Is always. Open.”

The Wawa is always open, y’all. 🤷‍♀️

Keep the Free Press Alive at the University of Alabama By Media Alumni Seeking to Highlight Equity and Diversity

The University of Alabama is attempting to silence Black and women voices on its campus when it shut down Nineteen Fifty-Six, a magazine celebrating Black student culture, and Alice, a magazine centered on women’s fashion and lifestyle.

We are not going to let that happen:

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Vogue guts Teen Vogue Politics team Vogue.com is merging with Teen Vogue, eliminating its politics section. Just one woman of color remains on Teen Vogue’s editorial staff.

"Teen Vogue now has no writers or editors explicitly covering politics, according to its representative union, Condé United, and The NewsGuild of New York. Former Teen Vogue style editor Aiyana Ishmael said no Black women remain on Teen Vogue’s staff." objectivejournalism.org/2025/11/vogu...

A desk has a bucket of Halloween candy, a stack of United States constitutions, and a sign that says constitution or treat.

I’ve been offering “Constitution or treat” on my desk, and you would be surprised how many people take the constitution.

Saw the movie last night.

Taylor Swift: Wood is about superstition.

Audience: Loud lauging, like we’re all at a lumber party. 

(Siri autocorrected it from slumber, but I’m leaving it because I think it FITS. 🤣)

Sometimes the moon just frames itself. 📸

Life is really giving The Onion a run for its money today.

It’s 61, lets have some fun! Join me in wishing these two nutty lovebirds a happy 61st wedding anniversary. 🎉🎉🎉

Christmas City + MusikFest =

The real legacy Gen X will leave the world is that we pioneered the exact amount of time the popcorn needs in the microwave. 🍿

Altar’d State giving mixed vibes:

A piece is a segment of space — how far you have to go — without necessarily referencing where. It could be measured if it had to be. Yonder talks about a location that is “over there." The exact distance is vague. It might mean across the yard, or the next town, but just not the immediate vicinity.

Just had to explain how "yonder" and "a piece" are not the same unit of Southern measurement, solidifying my standing as resident Southerner in my neighborhood.

Here’s your 10 seconds of calm for the day. ⛱️☀️

Today marks one year that I have been learning Welsh on Duolingo and not once have I needed to order parsnips. 

The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund Launches Rapid Response Fund for Journalists Covering California Protests The fund will provide financial assistance for emergency medical support, legal support, equipment replacement, and other resources for affected reporters.

The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund announced a new fund to support reporters and photographers facing legal threats and other hardships for their coverage of protests in California and other regions throughout the nation. theintercept.com/2025/06/10/j...

'No act of journalism ... is too small': Creating necessary archives Archives are the "slam dunk" purpose of movement journalism. What we create just has to archive the truth for the next generation.

Through archiving, even if we lose our fights, the next generations have a shot at learning what we attempted and how.
objectivejournalism.org/2025/06/no-a...

Headed into summer, everyone needs to read this quote from the thoughtful book “The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road,” by E.A. Hanks:

“I have the same rule for theme parks that I do for strip clubs. The moment it starts to feel bad you need to leave, because it will only get worse.”

Before my student evaluations come out this semester, a moment of reflection and a shoutout to the student that gave me my favorite evaluation ever:

“She drinks too much Diet Coke.”

They were not wrong.

😮😮😮

Chat GPT, what would Ted look like as a person?

Where are the roaring ‘20s we were promised during the pandemic?

This #WorldPressFreedomDay and always, we stand with Rumeysa Ozturk and all student journalists and contributors who face intimidation for their work.

If that’s not a sign of the times, (and literally from The Times) I don’t know what is:

The leading in that subhead really lets it BREATHE as well. 😂

Journalists, let’s have fun. Critique this Hallmark movie newspaper. I’ll go first: The size of that mugshot. 😂

Text on a solid background that reads "Stand with UA Students. Support Aspiring Journalists." with the MASTHEAD logo in the bottom corner.

We continue to advocate for diversity in student media by funding mentorship programs for student journalists of color, sending students to conferences, funding events that foster honest dialogue, hosting panels connecting students w/ media professionals and aiding students in financial emergencies

How a former Beverly Hills student journalist named Journalism, the Kentucky Derby racehorse The horse with the newsy name recently won the Santa Anita Derby and is seen as a favorite to win the Kentucky Derby next month.

I always root for Journalism, but this time is special. laist.com/news/journal...

Whenever someone does an animal voice for their dog, I like to look them dead in the eyes and, with all seriousness, say, “That’s not what he sounds like.” It really freaks people out.