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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Dispatches from CHAZ, Seattle's new autonomous zone
For 10 nights, Seattle police faced off with protesters on Capitol Hill in Seattle. As one, cops formed a thick wall protecting the East Precinct.
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Car drives into Seattle protest; driver shoots 27-year-old male protester
A car sped into protesters on Sunday evening in Seattle on Capitol Hill, just before 9 p.m.
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Race & Identity
PHOTOS: Thousands gather in Seattle to protest the police killing of George Floyd
Thousands gathered in Seattle on Saturday to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by a white police officer who held his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, as he repeatedly said, ‘I can’t breathe,’ in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.
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Education
PHOTOS: Seattle-area seniors reflect on graduating into a changed world
For Seattle-area seniors, the pandemic has upended the milestones that typically signify an end to their high school chapters.
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Arts & Life
Photos: A night with the Seattle Quarantine Parade
"I'm from New Orleans, so kind of anything is an excuse for a parade," Hank Lomasney said.
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Arts & Life
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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Health
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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Health
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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Health
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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Health
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."