Megan Cloherty

I am a long-time broadcast journalist with 24 years of experience finding stories, writing scripts and delivering an on-air product on deadline. I’m a somewhat headstrong, sassy extrovert, a military spouse, a step-mom and houseplant lover, a kid from Bethesda before it was fancy, and a devoted member of my big Irish family. I also have a Welsh terrier named Cliffy whom I am pretty obsessed with.
You’ll find my full updated resume at this link.

 

More than a decade ago, I earned my master’s in Interactive Journalism. With that degree, I honed my expertise in reformatting TV/radio/podcast content for the digital medium at stations in D.C. and Colorado. I have created and hosted four successful news podcasts, which I also voiced, edited, and​ marketed.

 

I began in 2012 by ​co-creating the ​”It’s All Journalism​” podcast to highlight how journalists across the country were trying new things, navigating social media​, and finding new and interesting ways to tell a story. In 2019, my WTOP colleague and I launched a 14-episode narrative podcast retelling the trial and conviction of Daron Wint, in what came to be known as the Mansion Murders case. Three years later, another colleague at WTOP and I launched a daily news podcast which we researched, produced and published e​ach weekday​ afternoon. Finally, in 2025, I re-launched the true crime podcast with new content, including exclusive interviews no one in on the local or national stage had secured.

 

Along with my reporting experience, I recently served ​as senior reporter​ at KOAA in Colorado Springs​, where the Army moved our family in 2023. In that role, I investigated and reported stories in under-covered areas of Southern Colorado, ​and I anchored the 10​ pm newscast each night​. As part of that role, I approved reporter scripts, edited newscast copy, and contributed to the editorial decision-making that drove the direction of our coverage for the evening.​ 

 

I am not afraid of a data set, love a fresh court document, and enjoy digging to add context to my stories. My favorite story is the one that makes change. That can be changing the world of just one person by getting them out from under an unfair billing agreement, for example, or by informing an entire community about the trial of a man accused of killing their neighbor. In both instances, it was a life-changing event and important to them. I consider my​ role in reporting the truth a responsibility, no matter the size of the impact.