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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Photos: Indigenous People's Day march and celebration
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Photos: Hundreds in Seattle protest Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
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VIDEO: Unclaimed ashes get final resting place in Puget Sound
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Nearly 380 people died from overdoses in 2017
Nearly 200 people have died in King County this year so far from overdoses. In 2017, nearly 380 people died of overdoses — a 10-year record in the county.
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PHOTOS: 'Mad Max' smokescape envelops Washington state
The sky is ash gray; the lake is too. Wenatchee and Chelan, popular summer destinations for middle class Seattleites, look like the end of the world...
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Crews near Bellingham load up live salmon to feed sick, young orca
An extraordinary effort to feed a sick, young orca got underway Friday morning in the waters west of Bellingham.
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Crews near Bellingham load up live salmon to feed sick, young orca
An extraordinary effort to feed a sick, young orca got underway Friday morning in the waters west of Bellingham.
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PHOTOS: Young and homeless on the Ave in Seattle
Nostalgia thrives on the Ave. That’s University Way Northeast to cartographers, a street that pounds with construction and smells of $6.99 Thai lunch...
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PHOTOS: Seattle sweats out a very hot July
Seattle reached its second hottest July on record by reaching 89 degrees Monday. Monday also ties the most consecutive days of at least 85 degrees. In...
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Your queen's here, honey: Young and homeless in Seattle's U-District
Milee Ballweg sleeps on the steps of a church in Seattle’s University District. She’s 20, her hair is blonde tinged with pink, and she wears ripped...