Journalists of the Gazette: Meet Megan Woolard

Where are you from and where did you go to school?

I am from Portland Ore. and I graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisc.

How long have you been at The Gazette?

I’ve been at The Gazette for 9 months.

Describe your beat.

I cover local government at the county level and then Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty, a little bit of Tiffin as well as some other business and development news.

What do you like about being the Johnson County reporter?

I like that people care a lot about local government in Johnson County. I think you wouldn’t see that in a lot of places. So I really appreciate just the staff, the elected officials and the community members all (being) really willing to engage with me and the things that I write about.

What do you like to do outside of work?

I love kind of switching off between trying out local coffee shops as well as exploring the craft beer scene. I’m also a big reader. I also collect CDs. I’m a big physical media person.

Share a fun fact.

I have a goal to visit all of the major league baseball parks. I’ve been to 20 so far, and there’s only 30 so I’m getting close here.

Tell us about your newsletter and podcast.

If you want to follow more of my work, you can subscribe to the Johnson County newsletter. That’ll have all of my local government coverage and some of my other colleagues work. If you want to see everything that I write, you can go to thegazette.com/megan-woolard.

Comments: megan.woolard@thegazette.com