Megan McGibney is a native New Yorker who has worked in news media on and off for over 20 years. These days, she is a freelancer who focuses on education, politics, reproductive health, and disabilities, including mental health & illnesses. She has bylines in Bklyner, Teen Vogue, Parents, City & State, amNewYork, Brooklyn Paper, BK Reader, The Story Exchange, and others.
Born and raised on Staten Island, Megan graduated from the College of Staten Island in 2004 with a Bachelor’s in Communications. She went on to get her Master’s in Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in 2008. These days, she calls Brooklyn home.
Besides being a freelance journalist, Megan also has her own indie works, both on Substack. She writes about media literacy on, “The Media & Us” which looks at the relationship between ourselves and news/social media. Then there’s “Sacred Places NYC” in which she profiles various religious buildings in all five boroughs as gentrification and increasing secularism puts such historical buildings at risk. Accompanying videos can be found on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.
When she’s not being a journalist, Megan is also a photographer, proofreader, and content writer. She also is an adjunct English professor, having taught at four CUNY schools and Pace University. Finally, Megan finds time to work on creative and fictional works. She’s already written a short play, a published poem, and is working on other works of fiction. She’ll keep you posted on how they’re coming along.