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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Murals transform Seattle's boarded up businesses: 'Hope is not cancelled'
Across Seattle, muralists are transforming boarded up businesses and restaurants.
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Photos: Drive-through confessions during a pandemic
"We've been adapting ways," said Father Jose Alvarez. "How can we bring the sacraments close to the people?"
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PHOTOS: WA National Guard steps in to help with food bank's growing needs
Washington National Guard soldiers are sorting, packaging and distributing food at a new emergency Food Lifeline response center as a result of the growing need for food in Washington amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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A new perspective of Seattle during the coronavirus outbreak: Photos from above
There were far fewer Seattleites at city parks over the sunny weekend than normal. However the parks were not empty. City officials say they'll consider extending park closures on a week-by-week basis moving forward.
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Photos: The military field hospital at CenturyLink is ready to receive patients
“We are ready to receive the patients as soon as Washington has the need to send the patients to us, " said Col. Laura Elliott, Commander of the 62nd Medical Brigade, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. "We are ready now."
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Photos: CenturyLink transforms into a military field hospital
In less than 48 hours, the CenturyLink Field Event Center has been transformed into a 250-bed military field hospital for non COVID-19 patients.
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'It's just like a sci-fi film.' Photos of a quiet Seattle
“You can walk across the streets mid-block any which way you go,” said PJ Wilcynski. “Nobody’s there.”
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Photos from the heart of the first U.S. coronavirus outbreak
Photos from the heart of the first U.S. coronavirus outbreak
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The ominous days leading up to the coronavirus outbreak in the Seattle area
It was odd, the firefighter thought, how many calls were coming from the Life Care nursing facility in Kirkland.
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LGBT teachers 'pushed out' of Catholic high school, families demand reinstatement
Several dozen parents, students, and other community members gathered on Tuesday in protest of the alleged forced resignations of two LGBT teachers from Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien.
