ABOUT

Megan Specia is an international correspondent for The New York Times, currently covering Britain and Ireland. Over her 15 year journalism career, she has reported on major news from around the world, and written features that tell the stories of the people and places at the heart of those moments. See her most recent work here.

She previously worked for Mashable as breaking news reporter and editor and for Storyful, a news organization focused on open source investigations and verifying user-generated content documenting conflict and news across the globe. She grew up in New Jersey and graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in journalism.