Meghan is the director of of strategic video initiatives for McClatchy’s national video operation. She oversees video product and operations, and leads the company’s New Ventures Lab, McClatchy’s latest investment tasked with defining what’s next for nonfiction visual storytelling. At New Ventures Lab, Meghan’s teams are currently focused on 3D AR experiences on mobile and audience testing in the immersive space.
Prior to joining McClatchy, Meghan was the manager of video operations at The Washington Post. In 2013, she led the team that designed, constructed and operated The Post’s video infrastructure, including a state-of-the-art video production facility inside the newsroom. Meghan played an integral role in developing PostTV and helped The Post win the National Capital/Chesapeake Bay Emmy for station excellence in 2013, along with back-to-back Edward R. Murrow Awards for overall video excellence for an online news site in 2013 and 2014. Meghan started her career in broadcast at the Newseum, working alongside several media organizations and partners such as CNBC, ABC, Politico and The Atlantic.
Meghan’s bio from the 2016 Women’s Leadership Accelerator
Meghan is Director of Video Product and Operations for McClatchy’s national video operation based in Washington, D.C. She manages the overall digital video product and led the launch of McClatchy’s first owned-and-operated player across the company’s 29 newsrooms in 2015. In addition to product management, she also spearheads The Sandbox, McClatchy’s first video innovations lab. Prior to joining McClatchy, Meghan was the manager of video operations at The Washington Post. In 2013, she led the team that designed, constructed and operated The Post’s video infrastructure, including a state-of-the-art video production facility inside the newsroom. Meghan played an integral role in developing PostTV and helped The Post win the National Capital/Chesapeake Bay Emmy for station excellence in 2013 along with back-to-back Edward R. Murrow Awards for overall video excellence for an online news site in 2013 and 2014. Before the The Post, Meghan was the manager of technical operations at the Newseum.
Recent Work
With more than 1,500 journalists across 30 properties, The McClatchy Video Lab is a roll-up-your-sleeves start-up that was launched in 2015 to help centralize video efforts across the company and conceive new ways of introducing audiences to our visual journalism. There are several facets of the Video Lab, from a Real-Time Desk of producers and a branded ad studio to a team of hacks trying to pioneer the future of video journalism. We’re all working towards to the same goal, which is to extend and supplement the award-winning journalism that our publications produce on a daily basis.