Meg Dalton
Deputy Director, StorytellingMeg Dalton is the deputy director of storytelling for Connecticut Public where she provides editorial support for the station’s talk shows and podcasts, including the limited series 'In Absentia'.
She previously worked for The Takeaway from WNYC, in collaboration with GBH and PRX, and Mobituaries with Mo Rocca. She's also reported and edited for the Columbia Journalism Review, PBS NewsHour, Slate, MediaShift, Hearst Connecticut newspapers, and more. Her audio work has appeared on NPR, WNYC, WSHU, Marketplace, and WBAI.
Meg earned her master's degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2017, where she specialized in audio storytelling and narrative writing, and has taught audio storytelling at Columbia Journalism School, UnionDocs, and public libraries.
Off the clock, she enjoys making horrible puns, attempting to hike every National Park, and hanging out with her cat, Nora Ephron. She also works with Empowerment Avenue’s Writer’s Cohort, a one-on-one volunteer model in which outside editors work with incarcerated writers to workshop and publish their work.
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Women have played important, often overlooked roles in the Civil Rights Movement from fundraiser Mollie Moon to judge Constance Baker Motley.
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On this episode of Audacious, we rebroadcast an episode featuring conversations about forgiveness. Hear reflections from Chion two years since its original airing.
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On this episode of Audacious, get to know a few secrets and stories - from the White House to Russia - from retired CIA Chief of Disguise, Jonna Mendez.
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This hour on Disrupted, we analyze the U.S. government's response to COVID-19 and discuss problems with health equity that started long before the pandemic.
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We're talking with local creators in the food space: Kat Ashmore, the chef behind @katcancook, and David Milton, aka @thedamgram and @thedamtok. Plus, we drink traditional chai with siblings who turned the Muslims of the World (MOTW) Instagram community into a local café.
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On this episode of Audacious, meet two artists whose messages of positivity, encouragement, and love have exploded on social media.
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Connecticut-based artist Andre Rochester talks about social consciousness in art, and designer Busayo Olupona discusses her journey from being an attorney to working in fashion.
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This episode of Audacious is the second installment about people who have facial differences. In this episode, meet two actors who worked together in the 2018 movie, 'Happy Face.'
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In this hour of 'Disrupted,' Elizabeth Ito, creator of 'City of Ghosts,' discusses using people's real voices in her work, and Bethonie Butler talks about her book 'Black TV.'
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On this episode of Audacious, meet protestors who've thrown soup at a Van Gogh, worn all white with a splotch on the crotch to protest circumcision, and used sex toys to protest gun laws.