Meg Heckman (@meg_heckman) 's Twitter Profile
Meg Heckman

@meg_heckman

Associate prof & director of grad programs @NUjournalism. Standing at the intersection of journalism, gender and tech, working for innovative, inclusive news.

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linkhttps://viable2024.substack.com/ calendar_today02-06-2009 21:30:19

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Watching the roll call. Confused that New Hampshire's music is a Journey ballad. Don't stop believin' ... the DNC will give us back the FITN primary?

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The sexualized attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris are part of a long pattern of objectification of women candidates in both major parties. Calling it out is cringy but important. Here's why: open.substack.com/pub/viable2024…

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While everyone is talking about JD Vance admitting he deliberately promotes claims about Haitians in Springfield he knows to be unverified, let's not forget that the story was invented by neo-Nazis, as Brandy Zadrozny reported: nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…

Dan Kennedy 🇺🇦 is on Bluesky (@dankennedy_nu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Interested in earning a master's in journalism, media innovation or media advocacy from Northeastern U.? Please register for our Graduate Virtual Open House, which will be held Sept. 24-25. Under "Area of Interest," choose "Communications and Journalism." ter.li/1thxdy

Sophia Cai (@sophiacai99) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Olivia Nuzzi news cycle is a slap in the face to the young women covering Washington who scrap their way into this industry and plug away story after story to build their credibility. (That’s most of us.)

Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A member of the Wash Post editorial department tells me: Bezos's decision not to endorse is "an outrageous abdication of responsibility. Democracy doesn't die in darkness, it dies when people anticipatorily consent to a fascist's whims."

Carrie Brown (@brizzyc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For the still predominantly white and male top echelons of American journalism, the slow erosion of democracy has been mostly a spectator sport. All of a sudden it seems to occur to them that this shit could affect them and their beloved institutions too.

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Canceling a newspaper subscription helps politicians who don’t want oversight, does nothing to hurt the billionaires who own the newspapers and make decisions with which you may disagree, and will result in fewer journalists trying to hold the powerful to account.

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How well equipped is the American news media to cover the many gendered contours of the 2024 election? As I explain in my latest for WBUR's Cognoscenti, the answer is linked to the lasting impact of #MeToo . wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…

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Trump tells crowd he “wouldn’t mind” if people shoot journalists. I’m a journalist, sometimes on the fascism beat, and I’ve met the men who’ve been itching for that encouragement, who openly fantasize about beating or killing reporters. It’s not a “joke.” It’s fascism.

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Good morning from the polls in New Hampshire! Concord saw some long lines this morning, including what the Ward 10 moderator described as "a mob scene" with ~670 voters by 9am. Stay up to date with Concord Monitor News's live blog from the polls today: concordmonitor.com/Election2024-H…

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Busy at the polls, but no long wait in #Dorchester this evening- lots of positive energy at the Lower Mills Library. Still plenty of time to get out and cast your ballot!

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New at Media Nation: We need a renewal of civic life — and that has to start by supporting local journalism. #localnews #journalism dankennedy.net/2024/11/08/we-…