Megan Farmer
Visual Journalist & Editor
About
Megan Farmer is a visual journalist and visual editor who joined KUOW in 2017. In recent years, Megan documented Seattle’s uprising for racial justice and against police brutality. She 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.
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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Environment
The restored Elwha River, 'hidden gem' of the Olympic Peninsula: Travel For Good
At the north end of the Olympic Peninsula, trucks carrying massive trees rumble through the town of Port Angeles. Humans here have dramatically altered the old-growth forests that ring the snowy peaks of the mountains nearby. But residents are working to preserve what they can of this wilderness.
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City of Seattle begins clearing Woodland Park homeless encampment
Parks and Recreation workers arrived Tuesday morning to begin removing a homeless tent and RV camp in Phinney Ridge’s Woodland Park. The mayor’s office says in recent months outreach workers have referred more than fifty people at the park to temporary shelter but others have packed up their belongings and moved elsewhere.
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Arts & Life
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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Arts & Life
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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Environment
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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Education
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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Arts & Life
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.