Megan Kamerick
News DirectorMegan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.
Prior to radio, Megan spent many years in print and online journalism and she moved into television with New Mexico PBS in 2012 where she produced “Public Square” and “New Mexico in Focus.” Megan also produced two podcasts with NMPBS, New Mexico Women and the Vote and Growing Forward: Cannabis and New Mexico, which she co-hosts with Andy Lyman of New Mexico Political Report and which is in its third season. Megan has produced stories for National Public Radio, Latino USA, Capital & Main and Marketplace. She’s passionate about getting women’s voices into media and is the former president of the Journalism & Women Symposium. Her TED talk on women and media has more than 350,000 views. She’s the treasurer for the Society of Professional Journalists’ Rio Grande Chapter. In the spare time she manages to scrape together she goes hiking with her husband, seeks out cool cultural happenings, goes to movies and travels.
megankamerick (a) kunm.org
505-277-9980
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One hundred years ago the Spanish Colonial Arts Society launched with the goal of collecting and preserving New Mexico Hispanic art. It also created the annual Spanish Market. A centennial exhibition about the society is currently at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum in Santa Fe. -
On March 26, the CEOs of NPR and PBS will testify at a House subcommittee in a hearing dubbed “Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the heads of NPR and PBS Accountable.” Franz Joachim, general manager of New Mexico PBS, spoke to KUNM about his recent trip to Washington, D.C. as part of America’s Public Television Stations. -
A national nonprofit is bringing a workshop to Albuquerque on Wednesday geared towards helping people with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers with information and resources. -
A new documentary, “Eating History: A Taste of New Mexico,” explores the many culinary traditions that have come together to create the state's unique cuisine. -
In the wake of a federal funding freeze announced Monday by the Trump Administration, New Mexico’s Congressional delegation, who are all Democrats, vowed to fight back against what it called the unlawful impoundment of federal funds. -
Kyle Paoletta explores five cities – Albuquerque, El Paso, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson – and why the lessons learned in this region are relevant for the rest of the country in the era of mass migration and climate change. -
The Santa Fe International Film Festival is underway and among the films is one featuring Albuquerque native Shenoah Allen, formerly of the improv group The Pajama Men. He and comedian Nina Conti wrote and star in “Sunlight” which they describe as a nihilistic comedy love story between a man and a woman who doesn’t want to come out of a monkey suit until she is truly loved. -
Photographer Rachel Cox went through infertility and IVF and uses images of her own experience to try and normalize IVF – and to empower those experiencing infertility. The show "Notes On Care" is at the UNM Art Museum. -
Holocaust historian and genocide expert Omer Bartov speaks at the University of New Mexico Monday about the war in Gaza and parallels to World War II. -
Actor Patrick Fabian from "Better Call Saul" is bringing his new feature "The Way We Speak" to the Albuquerque Film & Media Experience.
