Meg Heckman
@megheckman.bsky.social
Associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University. Exploring modern gender politics through the lens of media history. Also: local news revitalization, digital humanities and writing.
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Election day in Boston! @thescopenu.bsky.social has your city election guide for any last minute logistics: thescopeboston.org/boston-elect...
And city council candidate Q&As: thescopeboston.org/10138/boston...
And city council candidate Q&As: thescopeboston.org/10138/boston...
Boston 2025 City Elections
It won’t be long until Boston voters head to the polls to cast ballots for the city’s municipal election. The general election will occur on Nov. 4, where residents will vote to elect a mayor,…
thescopeboston.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Election day in Boston! @thescopenu.bsky.social has your city election guide for any last minute logistics: thescopeboston.org/boston-elect...
And city council candidate Q&As: thescopeboston.org/10138/boston...
And city council candidate Q&As: thescopeboston.org/10138/boston...
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The Zotero update supports in-app EPUB reading. I repeat, the Zotero update supports in-app EPUB reading!!! Has anyone tried this yet?
September 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The Zotero update supports in-app EPUB reading. I repeat, the Zotero update supports in-app EPUB reading!!! Has anyone tried this yet?
1.) WTH!?!
2.) What brand were the chips?
2.) What brand were the chips?
They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say
August 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
1.) WTH!?!
2.) What brand were the chips?
2.) What brand were the chips?
The mystery. The sophomoric humor. The shade thrown on Brookline at the end. This story has everything!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...
Conan O’Brien saw it and an unauthorized sign says it: The Zakim Bridge may look like part of male anatomy - The Boston Globe
It’s not clear who put up the sign, which looks quite official and at least somewhat expensive to make.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The mystery. The sophomoric humor. The shade thrown on Brookline at the end. This story has everything!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...
Huge thanks to @aejmc.bsky.social's leadership team and staff for guiding us all through rough times!
AEJMC president, Teresa Mastin, and AEJMC president-elect, Bey-Ling Sha, welcome #AEJMC25 conference participants to San Francisco!
August 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Huge thanks to @aejmc.bsky.social's leadership team and staff for guiding us all through rough times!
En route to #AEJMC25 with Big Feelings about the many threats to journalism, education, science and civil society. It's a gloom as thick as the wildfire smoke we punched through during takeoff from BOS.
August 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
En route to #AEJMC25 with Big Feelings about the many threats to journalism, education, science and civil society. It's a gloom as thick as the wildfire smoke we punched through during takeoff from BOS.
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I was thinking with a friend about how to describe the harms of AI, especially in a teaching and labor context, and came up with calling it a “coordinated campaign of mass deskilling” and I feel like that succinctly describes a lot of the problem.
August 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I was thinking with a friend about how to describe the harms of AI, especially in a teaching and labor context, and came up with calling it a “coordinated campaign of mass deskilling” and I feel like that succinctly describes a lot of the problem.
Fascintaing reminder of how certain innovations - in this case lens technology used in lighthouses for more than a century - shapes industries and societies. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/s...
A Voyage to Bring Norway’s Lighthouses Into the 21st Century
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Fascintaing reminder of how certain innovations - in this case lens technology used in lighthouses for more than a century - shapes industries and societies. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/s...
All of this. Zotero FTW!
July 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
All of this. Zotero FTW!
Coffee and local news are two of my favorite things, so it was a pleasure to talk to The Christian Science Monitor about how a midcoast Maine local newspaper is building audience trust by opening a community cafe. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
‘Fresh brewed news’: Community café offers locals a chance to sip with reporters
It’s no surprise that news outlets are struggling for both dollars and trust. In Camden, Maine, a local newspaper opened a café to welcome in the community.
www.csmonitor.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Coffee and local news are two of my favorite things, so it was a pleasure to talk to The Christian Science Monitor about how a midcoast Maine local newspaper is building audience trust by opening a community cafe. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
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As programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people are cut, an Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their own history.
‘It’s proof of our existence’: This lesbian archive is recording history as it's erased
As the Trump administration cuts programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people, this Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their own history.
19thnews.org
June 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
As programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people are cut, an Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their own history.
He loves laundry day but refuses to learn how to fold.
June 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
He loves laundry day but refuses to learn how to fold.
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New at Media Nation: CJR was said to be working on a story about Wesley Lowery. It finally drops — and it is horrifying. dankennedy.net/2025/05/22/c...
May 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New at Media Nation: CJR was said to be working on a story about Wesley Lowery. It finally drops — and it is horrifying. dankennedy.net/2025/05/22/c...
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Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...
www.loc.gov
May 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
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Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Souter and I grew up (at different times) in the same tiny New Hampshire town. When my eighth grade class visited Washington, D.C., he hosted us at the Supreme Court. I don't remember what he said, but he was incredibly kind.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/09/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/09/n...
Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a New Hampshire Republican who became a reliable liberal vote, has died - The Boston Globe
Souter became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench. He died at his home in New Hampshire, the Supreme Court said.
www.bostonglobe.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Souter and I grew up (at different times) in the same tiny New Hampshire town. When my eighth grade class visited Washington, D.C., he hosted us at the Supreme Court. I don't remember what he said, but he was incredibly kind.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/09/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/09/n...
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The student journalists were filing reports from the scene, and it appears they were transparent about their press affiliations. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05...
May 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The student journalists were filing reports from the scene, and it appears they were transparent about their press affiliations. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05...
Thank you, President Aoun! huntnewsnu.com/86480/campus...
President Aoun joins more than 320 university leaders in joint statement condemning Trump administration ‘overreach’ - The Huntington News
Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun joined more than 320 — and counting — U.S. higher education leaders in signing a joint statement denouncing the Trump administration for “endangering American hig...
huntnewsnu.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Thank you, President Aoun! huntnewsnu.com/86480/campus...
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A federal judge ruled that the Trump White House must admit the AP's journalists to news events - ruling its exclusion was "unlawful."
Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech.
My NPR story:
www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...
Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech.
My NPR story:
www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...
Judge orders White House to allow AP access to news events
U.S. Judge Trevor N. McFadden rules the White House cannot deny the Associated Press access to news events because the wire service continues to use "Gulf of Mexico" rather than "Gulf of America".
www.npr.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A federal judge ruled that the Trump White House must admit the AP's journalists to news events - ruling its exclusion was "unlawful."
Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech.
My NPR story:
www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...
Almost two hours later, two AP journalists were rejected from the WH pool to cover a Trump speech.
My NPR story:
www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...
What was that about her emails? www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
What was that about her emails? www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...