Meghan McDonough
Meghan McDonough

Photos by Leandro Justen

Hi! I’m Meghan, a documentary director/editor and freelance journalist.

Old Lesbians, my documentary short about queer elders preserving herstory, was selected for Aesthetica/Audible’s 2023 Listening Pitch, commissioned by The Guardian, featured on IDA Documentary Awards Best Short Documentary Shortlist, and has screened at institutions, community centers, and film festivals around the world, including the California State Capitol, the British Film Institute, and the American LGBTQ+ Museum.

I have worked as a staff video journalist at Quartz and a producer/editor at NBCUniversal Local. My freelance work has also appeared in Scientific American, Thomson Reuters Foundation, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and more, and has been supported by the Pulitzer Center. I received my BA in Film and Media Studies from Amherst College.

I was a 2024-2025 BRIClab Film + TV resident and am currently in production on my first feature documentary about the longest-running lesbian periodical. I am also co-developing a documentary about queer archives around the world.

I’m available for freelance editing and always looking to collaborate.

Please 💌 reach out, 🔗 connect, or 📸 DM.

SERIES

I produced and edited this episode of NBC’s My New Favorite Olympian and Paralympian about sled hockey gold medalist Jen Lee.

I edited this episode of NBC’s Launching Legends about star Team USA hockey player Caroline Harvey and her childhood mentor.

In this three-part show I produced for Quartz, we talk to a former criminal, a poker player, a magician, a psychologist, and an economist to learn how we can all take better risks — and deal with the completely unexpected.

In this three-part show I produced for Quartz, we talk to a former criminal, a poker player, a magician, a psychologist, and an economist to learn how we can all take better risks — and deal with the completely unexpected.

A Question of Sex is a new documentary series for Scientific American about how gender and sex biases skew science.

I co-produced and edited this documentary series for NBC on how climate change is impacting small businesses in different industries across the country.

I co-produced and edited this video series for FiveThirtyEight on the mental side of athletic competition.

How We’ll Win is an interview series I shot and edited as part of Quartz’s special project exploring the fight for gender equality and empowerment at work and beyond.

How We’ll Win is an interview series I shot and edited as part of Quartz’s special project exploring the fight for gender equality and empowerment at work and beyond.

I was commissioned by Harvard Law’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice to produce a series spotlighting local organizations and individuals committed to making change in their communities

I was commissioned by Harvard Law’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice to produce a series spotlighting local organizations and individuals committed to making change in their communities.

Show & Tell is a collection of shorts I conceptualized and co-produced, shot, and edited while studying Film and Media Studies at Amherst College. The series explores the stories behind the personal objects we value.

Show & Tell is a collection of shorts I conceptualized and co-produced, shot, and edited while studying Film and Media Studies at Amherst College. The series explores the stories behind the personal objects we value.

I produced, wrote, shot, and edited this original series for The Argentina Independent, a news publication in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The series profiles a set of immigrants who created businesses in the city.

I produced, wrote, shot, and edited this original series for The Argentina Independent, a news publication in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The series profiles a set of immigrants who created businesses in the city.

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