Her 2004 series on a war-wounded Iraqi boy won the PEN USA Literary Award for Journalism, and her 2006 sex trafficking investigation was honored by the Society of Professional Journalists. Her writing is included in the book, Best Newspaper Writing 2005, published by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. She has been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize.

Meredith teaches beginning journalism and news editing at Mills College in Oakland, CA.

She has been interviewed on National Public Radio, KCBS Radio, KTVU and KPIX television stations and is called on by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the U.S. State Department, the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and numerous universities and schools to speak about her work. 

Meredith is also a fourth-generation beekeeper, and manages two rooftop hives at the San Francisco Chronicle. Readers can follow the hives on the Honey Bee Chronicles Facebook page.

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