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Megan
Donis

Adjunct Instructor
Academic Program Affiliation: 
(646) 732-9012
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Expertise: 
Arts and Culture, Digital Media, Diversity and Inclusion, Social Justice

Megan
Donis

Adjunct Instructor
(646) 732-9012
Academic Program Affiliation: 

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Megan Donis is an Emmy-award-winning producer and journalist working at the intersection of audio, video, and social change. After graduating from New York’s Columbia School of Journalism, she began her career at PBS, going on to produce for HBO, CBS, and eventually landing at BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn, Brooklyn’s premier media outlet. At BRIC, Donis helped create #BHeard, BRIC’s social justice strand of documentaries, podcasts, and live impact events. Her work on #BHeard earned her several Emmy and Telly awards for covering police brutality, school segregation and climate justice. Donis now lives in Los Angeles, where she continues her dedication to social issue work, creating and producing podcasts for companies like Wondery, Crooked Media, iHeart, Spotify, Campside Media and LAist Studios. Her podcast, Stiffed: The True Story Of Bob Guccione, Viva Magazine And 70’s Feminist Erotica was named one of the best podcasts of 2023 by New York Magazine and Fade to Black: The Mysterious Disappearance Of Screenwriter Gary Devore And The Rise Of The CIA In Hollywood charted in the top 15 podcasts nationwide on Apple Podcasts. Donis is currently the senior producer for the podcast Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky. Donis teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in podcasting at USC’s Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism.