Megan Thomas
CITIZENSHIP
United States
HINRICH SCHOLARSHIP
Tsinghua UniversityBeijing, China
MA in Global Business Journalism, Class of 2013
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Communication SpecialistCDC Foundation
Alumni background
Megan has worked as a journalist and editor for large media outlets including the msnbc.com, the Associated Press, the China Daily and the Arizona Republic. She is now a communications specialist for the CDC Foundation (the non-profit arm of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) and the Arizona Department of Health Service where she helps create and disseminate messaging through multiple channels including websites, press releases, social media and digital town halls.
Megan worked with the Hinrich Foundation to publish its Developing Country Export Assistance Program Sourcing Publications and was the Foundation’s first American scholar to study journalism, receiving a Master of Arts in Global Business Journalism from Tsinghua University in Beijing in 2013. She also received a special certificate in recognition of her student thesis.