Amanda Wilkins

I’ve had my name confused a variety of ways over the years — Allison, Amy, Amelia — but this is a new one. I have decided to embrace it

@mellinger @JakesJournal Ok this is embarrassing because it forces me to admit I haven’t logged onto the bird site in like two months. But y’all are so kind, and I miss these days terribly. Melly, your copy was always a delight. 😌

@JakesJournal @ZachIsHere @kcamanda Amanda also saved me eleventy thousand times. You guys were so good you could have been jerks and I’d have said thank you, but you were also awesome to talk with and work with. People, ranked: 1 Wife 2 (t) kids 4 Bo Jackson 5 (t) copy editors

If I've learned one thing tonight, it's that a whole lot of people skipped the day in grade school when they discussed the difference between "capital" and "capitol." #AllForCITY

For those invoking Paul Whelan’s name as a way to denigrate Brittney Griner …

BG is FREE!!! 294 days and she is coming home!!! 😭🤍🙏🏻❤️

England doesn’t even have a Bojangles.

@errrica Congrats!! This is so rad

Ok young journos! Let’s talk about framing: this lady is on trial for running over two young boys with her Mercedes. Who is centered in this tweet? How is she framed? Who are we supposed to feel sorry for? What message does the photo send?

@solomonmissouri Robin Weigert always, but most specifically as fall-down drunk Calamity Jane

And the levels of androgyny… disappointing

Interesting… not a single local accountant, dentist, realtor

Hateful and violent online rhetoric targeting LGBTQ people has been ratcheting up for months. Now, just hours after a deadly mass shooting at #ClubQ, the worst of these hate accounts, LibsofTikTok is targeting another drag event in Colorado. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/5…

If you are outraged that Elizabeth Holmes has a small child and is pregnant and is going to jail, ask yourself: Who do you think populates women’s prisons?

If this is our benediction… Let us end as we began… as friends

🚨JOBS ALERT 🚨 This seems like a good time to say that I have several great job opportunities at The Charlotte Observer. - Breaking News Editor, Breaking News Reporter, Audience Development Editor and Audience Producer. Apply at McClatchy Careers.

Hahahahahaha amazing

@katzish This tweet should have way more likes

On second thought, do not keep ’em separated

@publicroad @attitudespod !!

I gasped 🙁