Meredith Cummings

Meredith Cummings is a teaching assistant professor at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and a freelance journalist who has worked in eight states across multiple media. Her reporting and long-form work often sit at the intersection of media criticism, lived experience and public service, whether she is writing about maternal health, natural disasters or the media itself.

Meredith is drawn to solutions journalism because it reflects what she has long believed: that the people closest to an issue often have wisdom worth paying attention to, with an emphasis on nuance and possibility. Meredith brings curiosity, empathy and a strong commitment to inclusive storytelling to her work, and she hopes to help more journalists and students approach reporting with rigor and heart.