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, ViewFind, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Omaha World-Herald and The Seattle Times.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Stories
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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.
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PHOTOS: Seattle area seniors graduate together, in person
After a long period of isolation and virtual learning as a result of the pandemic, many Seattle area seniors graduated this week together, in person.
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These Kent women wanted Covid vaccines but leaving home was too hard
Connie Palmer, 84, lives at a housing development in Kent, where she is usually confined to her bed.
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KUOW Newsroom
PHOTOS: A burlesque co-op forms as dancers step out of lockdown
After more than a year without live, in-door audiences, arts venues around Seattle continue to struggle because of the pandemic. But one group of burlesque performers have teamed up to create a new co-op and performance space.
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'Kind of excited, kind of nervous.' Seattle elementary students return to the classroom
Monday was landmark day in Seattle Public Schools as many elementary students, as well as some older students with disabilities, returned to school buildings for the first time in more than a year.
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'We are not silent.' Hundreds denounce anti-Asian violence in Seattle
Hundreds gathered at Hing Hay Park in Seattle's Chinatown-International District on Saturday to denounce hate, bias and violence aimed at Asian American and Pacific Islander communities both in the region and across the U.S.
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PHOTOS: Mass vaccinations begin at Seattle's Lumen Field
The largest civilian-run vaccination site in the country, according to the Seattle mayor's office, opened on Saturday at Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle.
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One year ago, Tacoma police killed Manuel Ellis. A silent march honored him
A silent march led by religious leaders took place on Sunday in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood, to honor Manuel Ellis ahead of the one-year anniversary of his killing by Tacoma police on March 3, 2020.
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Coronavirus In Seattle
A historic, unforgettable year: 2020 in pictures
It was an extraordinary year unlike any other.