Rosemary Pennington
@rompenni.bsky.social
Professor & Chair Department of Media, Journalism & Film at Miami University. Host Stats + Stories podcast. The horrors persist and so do I. Opinions my own. she/her
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Want a real First Amendment issue on a college campus? The University Alabama - relying on a memo from AG Pam Bondi - just shut down two student publications because they cover women and black students. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Want a real First Amendment issue on a college campus? The University Alabama - relying on a memo from AG Pam Bondi - just shut down two student publications because they cover women and black students. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
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Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree. n.pr/3Xu36zt
For the first time since 1988, the U.S. is not officially commemorating World AIDS Day
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree. n.pr/3Xu36zt
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
Watching universities capitulate in these shakedowns is so disheartening
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Watching universities capitulate in these shakedowns is so disheartening
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Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
Welp, the oven caught fire. That’s less than ideal.
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Welp, the oven caught fire. That’s less than ideal.
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Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
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AP is back in court today to defend itself and the right to speak freely without government retaliation.
Why AP is standing for your right to speak freely
The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
AP is back in court today to defend itself and the right to speak freely without government retaliation.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Harvard has started a new investigation into ties that former Harvard president Larry Summers and others at the university had with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Tuesday.
Harvard Opens New Investigation Into Summers and Epstein
The university is reviewing newly released emails between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers, among other people at the institution.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Harvard has started a new investigation into ties that former Harvard president Larry Summers and others at the university had with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Tuesday.
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No follow up from the press corps on Trump saying things happen about the murder of a fellow journalist.
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
No follow up from the press corps on Trump saying things happen about the murder of a fellow journalist.
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None of these men can face the fact that certain revelations mean they should quite simply disappear from public life. Yes, that's right, gone. After what's come out, there is no workplace where you would be a positive presence. Go.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
None of these men can face the fact that certain revelations mean they should quite simply disappear from public life. Yes, that's right, gone. After what's come out, there is no workplace where you would be a positive presence. Go.
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Harvard custodians launched a strike at 10 a.m. on Monday after union negotiations broke down on the eve of their contract’s expiration, their first strike in at least 50 years.
Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan report.
Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan report.
Harvard Custodians Begin Two-Day Strike for New Contract | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard custodians launched a strike shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday after union negotiations broke down on the eve of their contract’s expiration, their first strike in at least 50 years.
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Harvard custodians launched a strike at 10 a.m. on Monday after union negotiations broke down on the eve of their contract’s expiration, their first strike in at least 50 years.
Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan report.
Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan report.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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The fact that Larry Summers was able to continue having a prominent career despite explicit bias toward women and Black folks (can't bring myself to imagine being a Black woman in his orbit) AND being a shitty economist to boot has enraged me for decades. Hope this finally puts him where he belongs.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The fact that Larry Summers was able to continue having a prominent career despite explicit bias toward women and Black folks (can't bring myself to imagine being a Black woman in his orbit) AND being a shitty economist to boot has enraged me for decades. Hope this finally puts him where he belongs.
What is going on at my alma mater?
It is increasingly not a safe space for free speech, press, or expression nor the exercise of academic freedom.
It is increasingly not a safe space for free speech, press, or expression nor the exercise of academic freedom.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What is going on at my alma mater?
It is increasingly not a safe space for free speech, press, or expression nor the exercise of academic freedom.
It is increasingly not a safe space for free speech, press, or expression nor the exercise of academic freedom.
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
Read this from my Miami U. colleague Pepper Stetler.
The Trump administration has abandoned its commitment to an equitable education for all children, Pepper Stetler argues. But this attack isn’t new—Congress has been weakening the transformative law that governs education for disabled students for decades:
The Slow Death of Special Education
The government has abandoned its commitment to an equitable education for all children—if it ever had one.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Read this from my Miami U. colleague Pepper Stetler.
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Way too much press coverage of "AI" is spent debating the hypemerchants' claims of speed & efficiency & scale of impact, & not nearly enough is time spent on 2 very basic questions:
Are these systems outputs anything like correct? And, if & when they get things wrong, how much harm will that cause?
Are these systems outputs anything like correct? And, if & when they get things wrong, how much harm will that cause?
August 22, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Way too much press coverage of "AI" is spent debating the hypemerchants' claims of speed & efficiency & scale of impact, & not nearly enough is time spent on 2 very basic questions:
Are these systems outputs anything like correct? And, if & when they get things wrong, how much harm will that cause?
Are these systems outputs anything like correct? And, if & when they get things wrong, how much harm will that cause?
Too early for this nonsense.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Too early for this nonsense.
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not reading scott galloway on masculinity. cmon now
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
not reading scott galloway on masculinity. cmon now
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
What the…
Former Teen Vogue politics editor Allegra Kirkland pays homage to ... what ... OUUUUCH:
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November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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*IN VIOLATION OF A COURT ORDER
Pretty important context
Pretty important context
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that food assistance benefits for the poor will be given out only when the federal government shutdown ends, again blaming opposition Democrats for the stalemate in Congress.
@reuters.com #SNAP
@reuters.com #SNAP
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
*IN VIOLATION OF A COURT ORDER
Pretty important context
Pretty important context
Students in my JRN 101 work in groups to create posters illustrating famous 1A cases. Their work always delights me.
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Students in my JRN 101 work in groups to create posters illustrating famous 1A cases. Their work always delights me.