Meghan
Suma
JOURNALIST | AUDIO PRODUCER | PODCASTER
ABOUT MEGHANMeghan is an award-winning journalist and audio producer based in New York City.
Right now, Meghan is the Director of Audio & Digital Content at WFUV 90.7 FM, an NPR affiliate in the Bronx. She is the Executive Producer of the station’s weekly podcast, FUV Live Sessions, and she oversees all other creative non-music audio elements that run on air. She has also reported and produced two award-winning feature stories for WFUV: No More 24 and The Contribution.
She created and oversees the Student Audio Production program at WFUV, where she teaches undergraduate Fordham students the tenets of audio production and ethical journalism.
She has also worked extensively as a freelance journalist and audio producer. Her freelance work has been featured on podcasts by Auddy, PRX, Dow Jones, MarketWatch, Best Case Studios, BikerLass Productions, Midnight MPH and Evanston Rules. She recently worked on The Future of Healthcare AI for Auddy and Food, We Need to Talk for PRX.
She is the proud recipient of a Master’s Degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a dual degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Anthropology. Prior to pursuing journalism, she was a full-time musical theater performer. Ask her about all the animals she’s had to portray on stage – you won’t regret it.
She is based in Queens and has lived in New York for nearly 20 years.
Meghan recently got married and changed her name - if you’re looking for Meghan Offtermatt, you’re in the right place!
FEATURED
FEATURED
Dermot Kennedy
Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy joined WFUV’s Director of Audio, Meghan Suma, in Studio-A to talk about his third album, The Weight of the Woods, how his native country influenced this project, how valuable time away from creating can be for both an artist and their fans, and how meaningful it is to write lyrics from the perspectives of other people in his life.
Songs: Lost, Blue Eyes and Funeral
AWARD-WINNING STORIES
AWARD-WINNING STORIES
No More 24
Home healthcare aides in New York City work for 24-hour shifts, but only get paid for 13 hours of work. Now, these women are fighting to stop this practice.
2023 Gracie Award Winner for Best Reporter/Correspondent for non-commercial radio
In 1964, Linda Richards learned a secret about her grandmother, Mary. Mary had helped women in Cleveland, Ohio during The Great Depression. How she helped them might surprise you.
2024 PMJA Award Winner for Best Division A Enterprise Story
WFUV 90.7
WFUV 90.7
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Artist Interviews
FUV Live Sessions
FUV Live Sessions
FUV Live Sessions
FUV Live Sessions is WFUV’s exclusive music interview podcast featuring conversations & live sets with up-and-coming artists and established faves
The Future of Healthcare AI
The Future of Healthcare AI
Food, We Need to Talk
Food, We Need to Talk
Best New Ideas in Money
Best New Ideas in Money
My Personal Faves
My Personal Faves
Writing
Writing
PHILOSOPHY
Telling stories gives us the chance to connect. To connect with each other, with our pasts, to live more fully in the present and to look towards the future. My focus is to tell stories with empathy, transparency and clarity.
SERVICESReady to tell your story? Check out my services to see how I can help.
Freelance audio production including all elements from start to finish of the production process: research, fact-checking, interviewing, cutting tape, scripting, recording, hosting, mixing and publishing.
Freelance writing including reporting, copywriting and editing.
Podcast audio editing including assembling episodes, mixing and engineering.
“I’ve been a storyteller for my whole life. I used to tell stories on stage. Now my medium is audio. I want people listening to my stories to feel the same way they might feel sitting in a theater.”
Meghan Suma • Journalist & Audio Producer
