Nicole Paseka Grundmeier

Senior Content Editor at NPR’s Midwest Newsroom. Semiretired gymnastics coach. I can fix passive sentences and back handsprings.

[The Midwest Newsroom @NPRMidwestNews]

It's humid in these parts!

What's your best guess for the state with the highest relative humidity so far in 2025?

[Nicole Paseka Grundmeier @npaseka]

I will be on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” today, speaking with Ben Kieffer about the trend of four-day school weeks in Iowa and beyond. Please tune in!

[The Midwest Newsroom @NPRMidwestNews]

Number of Iowa school districts with 4-day weeks tripled in one year | @npaseka @NPRMidwestNews https://t.co/rMX227hzix

[Lacretia Wimbley @WimbleyJourno]

@stlpublicradio With help from our partners at @NPRMidwestNews, we were also able to lightly compare the Jackson County Detention Center and Regional Correction Center to CJC.

Many thanks to @npaseka & @theheroofthyme for their assistance in hunting down data & compiling graphics.

[Ty Rushing @Rushthewriter]

Good read by @npaseka with insight from the always brilliant @LinaMariaMuril6

[Holly Edgell @HollyEdgell]

And then there were FIVE again... @NPRMidwestNews is a full team once more.

@npaseka @kavahnmansouri @theheroofthyme @krishusted and yours truly

And we're growing! 1/2

[Rachel Manuel Bruns @rachelbruns]

A beautiful story of the trials and triumphs of breastfeeding & postpartum. Thank you for sharing @npaseka. https://t.co/4L4lbgNrDZ via @BusinessRecord #MaternalHealth

[Jane Burns @jrburns]

The first Iowa woman to win a gold medal (1972) didn’t need fancy eyewear, just a pair of cat-eye glasses. Jefferson, Iowa, rightly has a fabulous statue of her

[SHIFT MvmtScience @SHIFT_MvmtSci]

Old school:

“Female gymnasts should peak at 16 because they likely have 1 shot at the Olympics.”

New school:

“Female gymnasts should pace at 16 because they may have 16 MORE years in elite and 4+ Olympics”

Welcome to the future thanks to legends stomping out the myth 🙏

[Nicole Paseka Grundmeier @npaseka]

Darkhorse VP pick

[Scott Bregman @sbregman87]

Jordan Chiles has a date to add to your calendar.

"I just say stay tuned for August 6th. There might be an announcement for something,” she told me today.

👀 @uclagymnastics @LA28

More:

https://t.co/OA4imUbrq8

[Patrick T. Brown @PTBwrites]

Wall Street Journal reporting what basically every parent knows - the demand for berries is virtually insatiable, particularly in the key under-4 demographic

[Rachael Denhollander @R_Denhollander]

When an athlete argues that abuse prevention measures like Safesport hamper potentially winning, that athlete has articulated two things:

1. Abuse might be needed to be a good athlete.

2. Winning is worth abuse.

Pare back the words, look at the ideas. She was clear.

[Nicole Paseka Grundmeier @npaseka]

@SkylarKillough I will always be cheering for you!

[Jessica O'Beirne @OtotheBeirne]

This is a day I’ve been waiting for for a long time. Wild salaries, lots of coach and athlete movement show that schools, donors & sponsors are finally paying for the true value of women’s gymnastics. It’s not going to be pretty but it’s a lesson in negotiation. Net positive.

[Nicole Paseka Grundmeier @npaseka]

@ZachWLambert You’re an exceptionally gifted writer. I credit Amy and that pencil.

[Nicole Paseka Grundmeier @npaseka]

@CarissasNewLife I will send you birthday cards for life.

[Nicole Paseka Grundmeier @npaseka]

Interview help request: I am looking for Iowa women who experienced extended health problems/complications after giving birth and lost their Medicaid coverage after 60 days postpartum. Please email me if you feel comfortable sharing a postpartum story: [email protected]

[Nicole Paseka Grundmeier @npaseka]

My best and brightest professional moment of the year: Meeting and interviewing @R_Denhollander. I am forever grateful. She made the world safer for all of us.

https://t.co/Rqp9ksKUvr

[Iowa State Gymnastics @CycloneGYM]

Thank you, @npaseka, for a wonderful feature about our 𝙁𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 leader, @AshleyMGreig.

🌪️🤸‍♀️🌪️

[Mike Green @Beener1435]

Cyclone hooper Julius Michalik and Cyclone gymnast Libby Bell pose for a photo outside of Hilton Coliseum in 1994.
#TBT #CyclONEnation