Emily Meehan is a journalist and public relations consultant based in Nairobi, Kenya. She covers geopolitics, culture, and humanitarian issues for Slate Magazine and National Public Radio as well as handling communications for humanitarian agencies like the International Rescue Committee and UNICEF. Emily has worked as a columnist and editor at the Wall Street Journal Online, and a reporter for the Alaska Public Radio Network and KQED FM. She started at KCRW FM in Los Angeles, assisting DJs and performing on Joe Frank’s Peabody Award-winning radio show, “The Other Side.” Emily graduated with a degree in fine art from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2003. Email her at emilymeehan [at] gmail [dot] com.
Selected Clips
Would You Like To Be President of Somalia? | Voices from the Field | 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?
