Emily Meehan is a writer, media producer, public relations consultant and advocate of vulnerable children. She has worked in New York, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Kenya, Alaska and all over California — covering culture, politics, child and young adult issues, war, humanitarian emergencies, personal finance and industry for radio, print and online media outlets, and acting as a spokesperson for humanitarian agencies. She wrote the popular ‘Act One’ column for the Wall Street Journal, and contributes to Slate.com.
Emily has collaborated with artists, journalists, performers and media institutions such as Simon Beaufoy, Joe Frank, Hal Robins, Antoine Calvino, Frédéric Courbet, Al Jazeera, Cultural Video Foundation, Radio Okapi, and KQED. She speaks to students and mentors children. Emily studied philosophy at the University College London and graduated with a degree in fine art from the University of California, Los Angeles. Email her at emilymeehan [at] gmail [dot] com. (Clients, publishers, collaborators and admirers always welcome. Stalkers risk being kidnapped for ransom.)
ISIS Projects
In collaboration with longtime friends from the filmmaking community, Emily is developing a feature film about foster children in the California Central Valley. Read more about it at ISIS projects.
Selected Public Relations Projects
UNICEF: “Universal ratification of Optional Protocols on child rights within reach” | UNICEF: Washington Post “How to foster safety and prosperity in Yemen” | UNICEF: Washington Post ”Bangladeshi swimming program seeks to combat drowning deaths” | AGBU: Ararat Magazine | UNICEF: Humanitarian Action Report 2010 | IRC: 60 Minutes “Congo Gold” | UNICEF: Al Jazeera “Atrocities Haunt DRC Child Soldiers” | UNICEF: CNN “Dr. Denis Mukwege, the angel of Bukavu” | UNICEF: Arte TV “Enfants Soldats en Perdition” | IRC: Voices from the Field | DFID: Tuungane Newsletter | IRC: AlertNet “Eastern Congo: Out of site and out of reach”
Selected Journalism Clips
The Humanitarian’s Dilemma | Would You Like To Be President of Somalia? | Notes From a Failed State | The Ghetto Film Club | Drought in Somaliland | Life, Death and Twitter on the African Savannah | Young Kenyan Politician Killed in Post-Election Violence | Philanthropy’s Role in Disaster Relief | Navigating Due Diligence in China | From the Geodisic Dome to the iPod | Interview: “Control” Director Anton Corbijn | California Dreams Meet Reality | New Grads Are Impatient for Promotions | We Smoke But We’re Not Smokers | Interview: Generation Y Work Ethic | Never Mind the Bullets | Logging in Hours in a Bid to Get Ahead | Do a Few Too Many Cost a Bit Too Much?
Blogs
AFRICAN HEROES
On Africans who make something from nothing, their acolytes, and occasionally, villains. Interviews, essays, pictures, and music. “We had blood on our hands, we fought against a dictator, and we killed each other. So everybody is paranoid that somebody is following him. And we think that if we give up the arms, that other tribes will attack us. Let us disarm ourselves and give the arms to the government.” — Dr. Omar Dihoud
BROOKLYN CARES
Musings, sightings, music and overheard conversations from Brooklyn. “Oh, backyard/You are serenaded by a singer who sounds like Janis Joplin/A guitarist who sounds like Jeff Buckley/A blues radio station/And Musica Romantica full blast from the body shop next door.” — Excerpt from poem, “Bushwick Backyard“
