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Meg Heckman in the Press
Christian Science Monitor
‘Fresh brewed news’: Community café offers locals a chance to sip with reporters
The loss of local newspapers is “really damaging to civic life and civil discourse, and the ability of average people to be informed about their community,” says Meg Heckman, an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston.
The gendered fault lines defining the 2024 election
Op-ed written by Meg Heckman, an associate professor at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism and Media Innovation.
Gretchen Whitmer Would Like You to Meet ‘Governor Barbie’
Still, Meg Heckman, an associate professor of journalism and media innovation at Northeastern University, sees risks for women in particular who “lean too hard” into individual aspects of their personae — not least an aspect that has been borrowed from a glammed-up children’s plaything.
Business Insider
Journalists are becoming YouTubers, as creators say the platform holds the future for the industry
Meg Heckman, an assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University, explains that marginalized groups, including people of color, women, and LGBTQ people, have long been left out of traditional newsrooms, and, in response, they’ve created their own independent publications.
Nieman Journalism Lab
What’s the future of the gender beat in U.S. newsrooms?
Meg Heckman is an assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University, where she leverages historical and contemporary research to dismantle journalism’s macho culture and improve representation of women in news media.
The Independent
Biden faces backlash after snapping at CNN reporter: ‘You’re in the wrong business’
Meg Heckman, a professor of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston, researches the role of women in journalism. She said she would be playing the clip to her students to trigger a discussion when they return in the fall.
New Hampshire Public Radio
Nackey Scripps Loeb and the Newspaper That Shook the Republican Party
Meg Heckman – author and assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University. She worked as a reporter and editor for the Concord Monitor newspaper for more than a decade.
WGBH
Do Newspaper Endorsements Still Matter? Why A Hoary Tradition May Be Facing The End Of The Road.
My Northeastern colleague Meg Heckman has written an important thread about political endorsements by news organizations. Her starting point is the Concord Monitor’s unusual decision not to endorse in the New Hampshire primary.
The New Hampshire Newspaper Publisher Who Became the ‘Political Godmother’ of the Modern Right
Meg Heckman is an assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University.
The Conversation
Protections against sexual misconduct on campus may end up stifling free speech
Meg Heckman advises the Scope, an experimental digital magazine housed in Northeastern University’s School of Journalism and focused on telling neighborhood stories of justice, hope and resilience in Greater Boston.





