Megan Farmer
Visual Journalist
About
Megan joined KUOW as a visual journalist in 2017. Recently, Megan documented Seattle’s uprising for racial justice and against police brutality. Throughout the last year, she has also documented the epicenter of the first U.S. Covid-19 outbreak and the impacts that the pandemic has had on Seattle and the region.
Previously, she worked for the Omaha World-Herald in Omaha, Nebraska. She has also worked stints at two smaller newspapers, the Post-Star in Glens Falls, New York, and the Daily Times in Farmington, New Mexico, as well as interning at the San Francisco Chronicle and Lincoln Journal Star. Megan graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2013, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photojournalism with a minor in International Relations.
Megan's work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, The Associated Press, The GroundTruth Project, Bleacher Report, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Omaha World-Herald and The Seattle Times.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Stories
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2021: Looking back on the year, in pictures
The story of 2021 began on a hopeful note in the greater Seattle area with the promise of vaccines after a devastating year. A light at the end of the tunnel - or so we thought.
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Keep on rocking in the Covid world: Live music returns to Seattle
"People’s joy and energy is infectious and it’s hard to create that on your own," said Jessica Dobson of the band Deep Sea Diver.
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Controversial tent encampment cleared from Ballard Commons Park
On Tuesday morning the remaining dozen or so people living in the Ballard park were either offered temporary shelter or told to move along. During the peak of the pandemic there were over one hundred people camped in the Commons, and more who slept on the sidewalks next to the library across the street.
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PHOTOS: Flooding in Northwest Washington
An atmospheric river causing heavy rainfall in recent days has led to major flooding and landslides in Northwest Washington.
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Ballard High students protest what they call a culture of sexual misconduct and harassment
About 100 students walked out of Ballard High School on Monday afternoon to protest a lack of accountability when it comes to sexual misconduct and harassment at school.
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PHOTOS: 'Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience' opens in Seattle
Seattle's immersive Van Gogh exhibit has opened in SODO.
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Dari: Afghans in Seattle share thoughts with new arrivals
Read the English version of this story here.
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Seattle Afghans to new arrivals: 'Recognize the power we all bring with us'
Read a version of this story that has been translated into Dari here.
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Students are back in classrooms at Wing Luke Elementary
Seattle Public Schools are open for full-time, in-person learning for the first time in more than a year. At Wing Luke Elementary, kids lined up outside the building to avoid gathering indoors. A table with masks and hand sanitizer stood in front of the entrance to the school, along with a sign about how to protect one another form Covid-19.
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Photos: In Seattle, a rally to stand in solidarity with Afghans
About 100 people attended a rally and march to stand in solidarity with Afghans on Saturday at Westlake Park in Seattle.