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Emily Adams Keplinger

Emily is a writer and an editor. She holds a B.A. from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville and a M.S. from the University of Memphis. She worked at The Commercial Appeal for 10 years where she helped launch the My Life sections and Going Green. She freelances for several local publications and serves as a grant writer for a local nonprofit organization.

Emily Adams Keplinger's Latest Articles

Education continues outside of the classroom at Promise Academy

Promise Academy in Raleigh has partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis to create new after-school programming, from arts to sports to computer science, for their students.

Former Memphian Beth Warmath came from Florida to join over 150 artists in painting the largest collaborative mural in Tennessee
Paint Memphis adds a little local color to North Memphis

Paint Memphis sponsored a festival that brought more than 150 artists together to paint the flood wall adjacent to the proposed Chelsea Greenline. The result is the biggest collaborative mural in Memphis where artists can show off their talents and reflect the spirit of our city. 

Baptist mobile mammography truck
Addressing disparity in breast cancer care

Baptist Memorial Health Care is taking steps to address the gap in breast cancer care between African-American and white women with the hospital’s mobile mammography unit.

Amy Schaftlein, volunteer host, in the WEVL studio
WEVL celebrates 40 years of volunteer radio

WEVL, the Mid-South’s only listener-supported, independent volunteer radio station, is celebrating 40 years of sharing Memphis music.

Jeannie Massey and her daughter, Marty Brown, are co-owners of the Lice Clinics of America (LCA) a facility at 2182 West Street in Germantown
School can leave students scratching their heads
Dr. Tim Harlan
Healing food: Local doctors are introduced to ‘culinary medicine’

Church Health has started a new program aimed at building a new generation of health care practitioners who will place an increased emphasis on the role that nutrition and diet play in achieving optimal health.

Mid-South Book Festival draws area authors, book lovers

The Mid-South Book Festival returns to Midtown this month, connecting area bibliophiles to more than 50 local and national authors.  

COO Michael Ollukaren presenting at Demo Day August 11
Medical device startup FlexSpark aims to reduce blood clots in hospital patients

Founded by four biomedical engineers, medical device startup FlexSpark is reducing hospital deaths caused by pulmonary embolism as a result of deep vein thrombosis.

Vintage901 team
New Memphis festival will celebrate wine, food and music

Vintage901 will be an intimate, three-day wine festival to celebrate wine, food and music.

Rick Masson
City visionary: Rick Masson

Rick Masson, a trusted and experienced leader in public strategy, is back at the helm of the Plough Foundation.

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