Meredith Cummings
Meredith Cummings

Hey, I’m Meredith.

I am a teaching assistant professor and freelance multimedia journalist based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I am a feminist, Southern storyteller and reporter that doggedly looks at the world with a critical eye.

Although news reporting is my first love, I truly enjoy writing editorials, opinion pieces and first-person essays, a craft I’ve honed after years of reporting almost every beat, across media. Early in my career I was the only woman/person under 40 on an editorial board and it taught me how to thoughtfully be heard. 

I am reluctantly resilient. I am a survivor of postpartum depression and a maternal mortality near miss, as well as a direct hit from a tornado. I have lost loved ones to gun violence. Since childhood I have lived with Type 1 diabetes. As a single mom, I raised an autistic child. These experiences have made me an empathetic reporter, a stronger person and someone who doesn’t waste time. 

My blog on Medium and newsletter Women of a Certain Rage were awarded first place in 2023 by the National Federation of Press Women. I am a freelance contractor for various outlets including The New York Times and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

I believe in the nuances of stories; the gray area between the shouting sides that so often get attention. To explore those gray areas in my own profession, I completed a one-year 10,000 mile journey to chronicle journalism in America, which earned awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Federation of Press Women, among others.

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My advanced journalism classes recently worked with ProPublica on a data journalism project to collect 20 years worth of Alabama election data to determine if new Alabama laws impacted voters. The class also worked with Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia and WikiTribune, on his beta version news product, which launched as WT.Social.

My career has spanned a breadth of communication careers. I previously co-hosted Sky Box, a football-focused radio show on WVUA 90.7 each week and produced and co-hosted the intergenerational podcast Hissy Fit with my daughter. I also served as a digital editing consultant for WVUA-23 TV. I have been a PR manager, marketing director, content strategist, director of communications, and creative services coordinator in my career.

I’m ready for the next challenge.