Megan Stack

An award-winning war correspondent, journalist and author, Megan Stack has written about conflict, politics and breaking news on every continent except Antarctica. She has reported on war, terrorism and political Islam from twenty-two countries since 2001 and was posted to Jerusalem, Cairo, Moscow, and Beijing. She is a contributing editor at 1843, The Economist’s long-form narrative magazine, and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine. Her first book, Every Man In This Village Is A Liar (2010), was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her second book Women’s Work was listed as a New York Times Notable Book for 2019. During the Spring semester, alumna Megan K. Stack, ’98 will join the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs as the 2022 J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Fellow in the School of Media and Public Affairs.