https://www.meghanemcdonough.com/writing daily 0.75 2023-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1686806120983-QL5QA92KUIVKPC56SS0N/image-asset.png Writing - New York City kicks off borough-wide curbside composting for the first time | The Guardian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1686806120983-QL5QA92KUIVKPC56SS0N/image-asset.png Writing - New York City kicks off borough-wide curbside composting for the first time | The Guardian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1659620638889-VBWW6M0L5BOLU696V8EC/image.jpg Writing - The quest to expand composting in New York City | The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1647527878641-MQ18FD41WBPGAZ01CY2T/20220127+GREEN+SPACES+MM.00_07_10_09.Still007.JPG Writing - How green spaces protect city residents from climate change | NBC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1631721446999-AX7UZTLWRH0XW4SHRJC5/image-asset.jpg Writing - Explaining the past, present and future of the mutual aid movement | NBC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1647527691426-0IIBJW5RSP3RC57JB79P/image-asset.jpeg Writing - How green spaces protect city residents from climate change | NBCLX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1620141558483-209FZJ0SHYD3QDL4YTYE/Coyote.jpg Writing - Can damaged ecosystems recover from Trump’s border wall? | NBC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1620140492032-YKR19UOH41LQTO2BQECD/Dragonfly.jpg Writing - Nature can help us prepare for the next global crisis | Scientific American https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1620141542073-V3GC8Z2Y4CQUVDWE1G0C/Screen+Shot+2021-05-04+at+11.10.19+AM.png Writing - Women are writing themselves back into history on Wikipedia | NBC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1620140558698-H99AE4IVA3AKP5SM1UMN/Screen+Shot+2021-05-04+at+10.42.09+AM.png Writing - Will virtual dating outlast the pandemic? | Quartz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1620142358184-9LY69DBPKA8JCFOF00DZ/1_XwDpK8j92DNcAyNAiqlcBw.jpeg Writing - Filmmaker interview spotlights | Video Consortium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1564249665444-OUHASMLXY5LOVV2GB2PH/Match-in-Kilimanjaro-Crater-Camp-_-Equal-Playing-Field.jpg Writing - Female soccer players are breaking world records for equality | Quartz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1564249781108-LZLUX15ZASBR0YECO3QI/empty-coffee-cups-e1472843249488.jpg Writing - Death cafés | Quartz Obsession https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1564249743968-WXHMS6U0LDAEKZLGTQNJ/E028222B-5A38-4733-BEB0-C1E0C0B21D42.gif Writing - Mate | Quartz Obsession https://www.meghanemcdonough.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/e86dc663-8457-4c94-9e2d-aa3e4b202d15/07182024_OldLesbiansYoungLesbians_%C2%A9LeandroJusten_067.jpg Home - Make it stand out Photos by Leandro Justen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/388e888b-fe30-46b3-8b0d-2995faf3722d/07182024_OldLesbiansYoungLesbians_%C2%A9LeandroJusten_051.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/eb6057cb-c8ac-486f-8c25-00fbd17bf940/07182024_OldLesbiansYoungLesbians_%C2%A9LeandroJusten_058.jpg Home - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1585336928836-JGND1O47GXEQ6JX0HYJ8/risk-gif.gif Home 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/a140d3cf-5217-4e43-8b8b-72c23e22d1c0/AQOS_5.png Home - Make it stand out A Question of Sex is a new documentary series for Scientific American about how gender and sex biases skew science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1653359994242-R5UU8SCIN0G2TTNVUJJG/NBC+OTS+REBOUND+S6+EP3+TOURISM+20220607+WEB.00_01_41_16.Still001.jpg Home - Make it stand out I co-produced and edited this documentary series for NBC on how climate change is impacting small businesses in different industries across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1645210540435-DYD7T0E6ZH6A8C0FJ5WB/The+Mental+Games.jpg Home - Make it stand out I co-produced and edited this video series for FiveThirtyEight on the mental side of athletic competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1548538264742-08VIYV7YYRWSQ9B982E4/Aparna_FB.jpg Home 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1591324303255-RE5SE6VQB4KPCAV97RD4/BASE.jpg Home 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1548537708284-YSN6INKB7D6V5W2QD8VZ/11187420_861275820610591_8738083748161013767_o.jpg Home 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34df9f75f9ee5b1e0d7779/1548522611744-DGH7TZUM4NI3VDN0N45O/Screen+Shot+2019-01-26+at+12.09.17+PM.png Home I produced, wrote, shot, and edited this original series for The Argentina Independent, a news publication in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 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