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Rosemary Pennington

@rompenni.bsky.social
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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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The Independent @the-independent.com · 23h
Trump’s feds raid home of Ilhan Omar as part of criminal investigation
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Trump’s feds raid home of Ilhan Omar as part of criminal investigation
Raid comes as Omar, the first Somali American elected to Congress, has drawn President Donald Trump’s ire for years
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
oh my GOD
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Found the perfect screengrab to use the next time someone tries to tell me I’m missing out on important discourse by not using Elon Musk’s mircoblog site
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I spoke to @usatoday.com about data on sexual violence at Cornell. Victimization rates are increasing and reporting rates are falling. “Together… those two trendlines tell me that all students, including victims and perpetrators, believe that there is impunity for sexual assault at Cornell.”
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Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive
A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Amy Acton attacks ads in Ohio are a prime example of sexist political messaging. The one I just saw claimed she was crying on the floor during COVID. I can’t imagine how much worse it’s going to get.
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Amstat-American Statistical Association @amstatnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What happens to the US economy when immigration rises—or falls sharply? On “Stats + Stories,” economist Tara Watson joins @johnbailer.bsky.social and @rompenni.bsky.social to explore the effects on economic growth, the labor force, and consumer spending. tinyurl.com/5beakunb #STATSSKY #PODCAST
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Welp. According to Semafor, David Ellison has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an investor in Paramount's merger with Warner Bros., which could mean Musk could have a stake in CBS News and CNN. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Exclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment
A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We live in a dystopian nightmare
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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When I first wrote about the First Amendment and the White House press pool for the textbook about a decade ago, it was only a few grafs. Now it's a much longer passage. Here's an excerpt with my comments about the CNN/Politico/MS Now ban and lawsuit. medialawprof.medium.com/press-pools-...
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Press Pools, the First Amendment, and “rogue, mooning journalists”
For our textbook “The Law of Public Communication” — 14th edition coming in 2027! — I’ve authored the “Access to Information” chapter for…
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST TRUMP BY 3 NEWS ORGANIZATIONS: CNN, MS NOW, POLITICO sue Trump over White House ban -- by @jennifershutt.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cnn-...
newsfromthestates.com
CNN, MS NOW, POLITICO sue Trump over White House ban
WASHINGTON — The three news organizations that President Donald Trump has barred from entering the White House filed a lawsuit against the administration on Monday.CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO wrote in a ...
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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
En-shit-ti-fi-ca-tion.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Well, this is bad.
independent.co.uk
Trump opens loophole allowing companies to kill endangered animals
Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So excited my dear friend, and Miami alum, Wil Haygood's book "The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home" is on the long list for the National Book Award for nonfiction. Wil launched the book here at Miami last year. It was an honor to be a part of that.
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Longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction - National Book Foundation
The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Nonfiction Find the New Yorker announcement here. The National Book Foundation today announced the Longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonf...
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 16/09/2026
Report for America opens applications for 2027–2028 host newsrooms. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/repo...
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Report for America opens applications for 2027–2028 host newsrooms - Editor and Publisher
Report for America is now accepting applications from local news organizations interested in hosting a corps member beginning in July 2027. Applications are due Oct. 19.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm working on writing a broadcast lead writing assignment and I'm reminded of the lead that still haunts me. I wrote: "Like Old Mother Hubbard, West Virginia's cupboards are bare" as the lead to a story about food pantries running out of food in WV. And I had to read that on air. Good times.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Not sure I’m liking the trend of hiring non-academics into dean jobs.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Reminder we're hiring an assistant teaching professor of journalism in Miami University's Department of Media, Journalism & Film. This person will teach core reporting courses in the curriculum as well as courses related to their area of expertise. #academicjobs #journalismjobs #professorjobs
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Assistant Teaching Professor
Job Title Assistant Teaching Professor Department Media, Journalism and Film Department Worker Type Regular Pay Type Salary Salary will be commensurate with the level of the position, education, and e...
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Living in London in the aftermath of the attacks was surreal. I had people in bars and in parks, when they found out I was American, telling me the world was with us and cheering when we bombed Afghanistan. I felt like a shell of a human.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Just discovered Gap re-released its grass fragrance - which is what I wore in college. Off to order it now.
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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Do not fuck your students. There is a power imbalance. You have great influence on their future careers and they have little power over you, especially since universities fold themselves into pretzels defending their faculty. Do not fuck your students.
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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This should be a bombshell in the world of science communication. Dietram Scheufele and Dominique Brossard are big names, and the allegations here are nauseating and revolting. 🧵 captimes.com/news/educati...
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UW-Madison students, records detail investigation of professor
Dietram Scheufele resigned after investigators determined he had sexual relationships with two students and engaged in unwelcome sexual conduct with one.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
One of my former students shared this story with me today and I'm so grateful. It's a great piece of longform journalism and I look forward to sharing it with my current students. It's worth your time. (Gift link.)
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A trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severance
Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Yale’s Office of Public Affairs banned reporters from Yale’s campus today. It’s corroborated by Francie Diep in her story for the @chronicle.com. This was an attempt to squelch press coverage today of the rally protesting Yale’s attacks on freedom of expression, their pending deal with Trump. 1/
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The first #MJF Day in Bachelor Hall featuring our student groups and travel programs.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I had a mild obsession with Tim Curry when I was a kid.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No! Not Dolly! www.instagram.com/p/DceNXgPJyZ9/
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Dolly Parton on Instagram: "A message from the family of Dolly Parton."
108K likes, 8,584 comments - dollyparton on August 25, 2026: "A message from the family of Dolly Parton.".
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Justice Jackson: This "violates well-established precedents concerning this Court's equitable discretion and needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty into the upcoming midterm elections. It also lets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our precedents have been steadily creating."
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NPR @npr.org · 24/08/2026
The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that blocked key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail for the midterms. But U.S. Postal Service work on the order remains blocked nationwide. n.pr/4ismEzO
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Supreme Court pauses lower court ruling on Trump's mail voting order as hurdles loom
The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that blocked key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail for the midterms. But U.S. Postal Service work on the order remains blocked nationwide.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I need everyone to know there is a Fat Marmot Week launching in Colorado.
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Voting begins for Colorado’s first-ever Fat Marmot Week | Rocky Mountain PBS
May the chunkiest chunker win.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Get your applications in! MJF is hiring an assistant teaching professor to teach courses in the #journalism curriculum. Whomever we hire will teach the core, but will also have the opportunity to teach classes related to their areas of expertise. #academicjobs #journalismjobs
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Assistant Teaching Professor
Job Title Assistant Teaching Professor Department Media, Journalism and Film Department Worker Type Regular Pay Type Salary Salary will be commensurate with the level of the position, education, and e...
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Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 24/08/2026
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Under Trump, protected wild horses are going to slaughter. A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest
Cat saying "I voted now let me sleep"
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
NYC friends: Can you give these kittens a home?
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Reminder we're hiring in the Department of Media, Journalism & Film at Miami University. We're looking for an assistant teaching professor in the journalism program. Candidates should have an MFA or PhD. #academicjobs #journalismjobs #professorjobs
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Assistant Teaching Professor
Job Title Assistant Teaching Professor Department Media, Journalism and Film Department Worker Type Regular Pay Type Salary Salary will be commensurate with the level of the position, education, and e...
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ha. I think not, sir. But I appreciate the impulse.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I don't really know how to end this. I do not write - nor have I ever written - for white supremacist organizations. I am not a white supremacist. Any saying that I am is engaging in defamation.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
When this started, I had been running the Muslim Voices Twitter account and blog. I had published a little work. And I had been vocal at IU about my support of marginalized and minority groups. I've always wondered if someone at IU or in Bloomington got me on these groups' radar.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
In 2015, when I first found out this was going on, there was another story of white supremacists doing something similar to a professor. On the bigger site that's been doing to this, it seemed like they were also using the name of someone was a graduate student at IU while I was there.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
While I don't know who is using my name as a pen name on the big white supremacist site these days - I did know who was using it in 2015. I reached out to a researcher who was investigating these groups & they gave me a name. And an email address - which I didn't write to. Didn't seem to be prudent
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I hate writing about this because people actually experiencing racism and bigotry in their every day lives as a result of these groups should be our focus. But I don't want to pick up my phone right now because I don't know what's going to be on the other end of the line.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My grandmother was an Anglo-Indian and her mother was a Black woman from Spain. White supremacist ideology is the antithesis of all I believe. By stealing my name, these people call into question my legitimacy as a scholar and attempt to undermine my work.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
In the last two-ish weeks I've received an email and several harassing voicemails because of this video. To reiterate - I do not, and have never, written for a white supremacist organization. I am not a white supremacist. I'm a multiracial woman whose dad was an immigrant and Person of Color.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Last week this all came back up again because a content creator posted a reel and a TikTok video which opens on my official Miami photo and bio - and which shares my Miami contact information - saying that I am a racist and the author of the essays on the white supremacist site. Again, I am not.
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Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Every 18 months or so I get an email from someone asking if I'm the author of the essays - which are still being published - on the bigger white supremacist site. (Happy to tell you in private if you want to know.) I explain what is going on and that's usually the end of it.
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