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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This tiny house village is a lifeline for some, a nuisance to others
The Licton Springs Tiny House Village on Aurora Avenue North in Seattle differs from the other city-authorized homeless encampments . Of the six...
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VIDEO: 'Aurora could be better than this'
Aurora, formerly the Seattle Speedway, is a relic from the early days when the city dreamed that free and easy travel by car would open its boundaries...
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The kids are SHOUTING: 'This is just the start'
It was a great awakening – thousands of people, many of them teens and preteens, marched through Seattle on Saturday morning. They joined tens of...
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Students march on Seattle: 'Power of the people stronger than people in power'
We are at the 'March for Our Lives' in Seattle this morning, where 50,000 students and their families are expected to rally. We will update this post as...
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PHOTOS: Cherry trees in full bloom on UW's campus
It's that time of year again. Large crowds gathered on Monday to photograph the blossoming cherry trees at the quad on the University of Washington...
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PHOTOS: Happy Lunar New Year from Seattle's Chinatown-ID
Large crowds gathered in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District on Sunday to welcome the year of the dog during the Lunar New Year celebration.
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Take a look inside Amazon's Spheres
On Monday, Amazon officially opened The Spheres, the newest addition to the company’s downtown campus. Inside, there are over 40,000 plants from all...
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PHOTOS: Thousands take over the streets for Seattle Women's March
Tens of thousands of people took to Seattle streets Saturday for the Women's March 2.0. A stream of demonstrators was already heading towards central...
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PHOTOS: Martin Luther King Jr. Day march
Thousands gathered on Monday, January 15, 2018, to participate in the 50th anniversary Martin Luther King Jr. Day march. An opportunity fair, workshops...
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This is how you look when you play VR
"When you put on the goggles, you really are transported to whatever environment and world the developer has created for you," Tim Harader said. "Your...