Emily Meehan is a print and radio journalist and public relations consultant based in New York. She has worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Kenya, New York, Alaska and California. Emily started at KCRW FM in Los Angeles, assisting DJs and performing on Joe Frank’s Peabody Award-winning radio show, “The Other Side.” She went on to cover politics in Alaska, write a popular column for the Wall Street Journal, and currently writes on geopolitics for Slate.com. Emily studied philosophy at the University College London and graduated with a degree in fine art from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2003. Email her at emilymeehan [at] gmail [dot] com. Stalkers risk being kidnapped for ransom.
Selected Public Relations Projects
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 | IRC: AlertNet “Eastern Congo: Out of site and out of reach”
Selected Journalism Clips
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?
