Hello, I’m Megan and I’m a reporter covering small business and entrepreneurship for KCRW.
Before that I was a freelancer reporting on environmental justice, elections and wildfires for NPR, the warehouse and logistics industry for KVCR-FM in San Bernardino, and science and technology for WUOT in Knoxville, TN. I’ve also written about the environment for Southern California News Group and Southerly magazine. When I’m not reporting I’m hiking and eating my way through greater Los Angeles.
I've lived in NYC and Knoxville, TN, and am now back home in Los Angeles. In another life, I was a professional pole vaulter, but that's a long story.
What I’ve been up to from 2021-2022:
Spotted business trends in LA for KCRW including the rise of expensive curly hair salons and a new model for battling the displacement of small business in Boyle Heights.
For NPR’s Morning Edition, I talked to residents near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach about how worsening air quality from the supply chain crisis is affecting their health.
Helped NPR investigate why FEMA rejected 95 percent of aid applicants during California's 2020 wildfire disaster.
Reported on the Inland Empire’s air quality issues for KVCR and for KQED’s California Report.
Investigated inequalities in the rollout of the federal paycheck protection program within Riverside and San Bernardino County, in collaboration with The Center for Investigative Reporting and Big Local News.