1. Mignon Fogarty was born on 1967 and is a former faculty member in journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a former science writer who produces an educational podcast about English grammar and usage titled Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, which was named one of the best podcasts of 2007 by iTunes.
Mignon Fogarty is the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcasting network.
Mignon Fogarty has been the editor-in-chief and producer for the LongerLiving website before becoming the editorial director of CaregiverZone.
Mignon Fogarty was the producer and co-host of the podcast Absolute Science.
Mignon Fogarty joined the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, in 2014, and, until 2017, she held the Donald W Reynolds Chair in Media Entrepreneurship.
Mignon Fogarty appeared on the March 26,2007 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show as a grammar expert.
Mignon Fogarty was on the show to answer a viewer's question about the use of possessive apostrophes.
The viewer thought a previous show should have been titled "Oprah's and Gayle's Big Adventure", but Mignon Fogarty confirmed that "Oprah and Gayle's Big Adventure" was a correct use of compound possessive.
On July 7,2011, Mignon Fogarty was interviewed by Neal Conan for the NPR program Talk of the Nation.
In 2012, Mignon Fogarty began doing regular segments about language on KPCC on Southern California Public Radio.