Megan O’Toole is an award-winning investigative and data journalist with a career spanning two decades. She has reported from more than a dozen countries worldwide on topics ranging from the war on ISIS, to the Gaza siege, to the economic impact of US sanctions on Iran, to the refugee crisis along the Mediterranean. As an international editor, she has managed hundreds of journalists across five continents, with a particular focus on the Middle East and North Africa region. She is also a founding member of Bellingcat’s Global Authentication Project, contributing to an open-source investigation of potential war crimes in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Megan’s work has won a variety of accolades, including three awards from Amnesty International for her coverage of Indigenous land rights and environmental justice. She was part of the largest collaborative investigation in Canadian journalism history, Tainted Water, a prize-winning series that exposed unsafe levels of lead in drinking water and spurred government action from coast to coast. A Pulitzer Center grantee, Megan has served as a global mentor with the Coalition for Women in Journalism, a judge for the Online Journalism Awards, and a panel moderator at a United Nations climate summit. She also delivers guest lectures on collaborative journalism at the master’s level.
