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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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.
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PHOTOS: Behind the scenes of 'Cinderella'
The backstage hallways of McCaw Hall buzzed with activity during a recent performance of the Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Cinderella".
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PHOTOS: Three percenters call Matt Shea ‘a hero’ at Seattle rally
Washington Three Percent, a right-wing group that advocates for gun rights, held a political rally outside of Seattle City Hall Sunday. Antifascist counterprotesters clashed with Seattle police in a brief skirmish resulting in several arrests.
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Pictures of the year: Our favorites from 2019
We asked Megan Farmer, staff photojournalist at KUOW, to select her favorite images from this year — and we threw in a few of our own as well.
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Cory Booker in Seattle: TV binges, selfies and a 'moral moment'
Senator Cory Booker told a packed bar in Seattl'es Capitol Hill to prepare for the most “unusual stump speech” on the presidential campaign trail.
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PHOTOS: Ahead of historic vote, impeachment supporters rally in Seattle
Hundreds gathered in front of the Henry M. Jackson Federal building on 2nd Avenue to demonstrate support for the impeachment of Donald Trump on Tuesday evening.
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PHOTOS: Sounders fans celebrate championship win
Packing downtown Seattle on an overcast weekday afternoon, thousands of soccer fans celebrated the Seattle Sounders' second MLS Cup win with a parade from Westlake Park to Seattle Center.
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Sawant declares come from behind victory in Seattle City Council race
District 3 incumbent City Councilmember Kshama Sawant declared victory over opponent Egan Orion Saturday morning before cheering supporters at the Langston Hughes Preforming Arts Center in the Central District. After falling short election night with 46.5% of the vote, Sawant surged back and now leads with over 1,500 votes.
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PHOTOS: An altar for Seattle's immigrant workers
Dia de los Muertos brings single, mostly male workers together at Casa Latina. Together they build an altar to remember and celebrate their friends and co-workers who died alone in the U.S.
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Goodnight, Seattle. A story in pictures
At night in Seattle, There was a high-rise janitor. And a karaoke party with a night Lyft driver.