Meghan
Suma
JOURNALIST | AUDIO PRODUCER | PODCASTER
ABOUT MEGHANMeghan is an award-winning journalist and audio producer based in New York City.
Meghan Suma is an award-winning journalist and audio producer based in New York City. Right now, Meghan is the Production Director at WFUV 90.7 FM, an NPR affiliate in the Bronx. She is the Executive Producer of the station’s weekly podcast, “FUV Live Sessions” and she oversees all other creative non-music audio elements that run on air. She has also reported and produced two award-winning feature stories of her own, including No More 24, which won a Gracie Award in 2023 and The Contribution, which won a PMJA award in 2024.
She created and oversees the Student Audio Production program at WFUV, where she teaches undergraduate Fordham students the tenets of audio production and ethical journalism.
She has also worked extensively as a freelance journalist and audio producer. Her freelance work has been featured on podcasts by PRX, Dow Jones, MarketWatch, Best Case Studios, BikerLass Productions, Midnight MPH and Evanston Rules. Most recently, she produced episodes for Season 3 of PRX’s show, Food, We Need to Talk. She got her start in audio when she co-conceived the podcast, How to Save the World. The show focused on accessible climate-change solutions for a broad audience.
She is the proud recipient of a Master’s Degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she studied while pivoting careers during the pandemic. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a dual degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Anthropology. Prior to pursuing journalism, she was a full-time musical theater performer. Ask her about all the animals she’s had to portray on stage – you won’t regret it.
She is based in Astoria, Queens and is celebrating 15 years in New York City this year.
Meghan recently got married and changed her name - if you’re looking for Meghan Offtermatt, you’re in the right place!
FEATURED
FEATURED
You might know Kareem Rahma from “SubwayTakes” and “KEEP THE METER RUNNING,” but what you might not know is that Kareem has a music project: Kareem Rahma & Tiny Gun – the entire band joined Meghan Suma at WFUV to talk about their latest single, New Year New York, how important it is to say “yes” to everything in this city and the good art that can come out of taking risks and not taking yourself too seriously.
Songs: New Year New York, Time and Baby I Could Never Win
AWARD-WINNING STORIES
AWARD-WINNING STORIES
In 1964, Linda Richards learned a secret about her grandmother, Mary. Mary had helped women in Cleveland, Ohio during The Great Depression. How she helped them might surprise you.
2024 PMJA Award Winner for Best Division A Enterprise Story
Home healthcare aides in New York City work for 24-hour shifts, but only get paid for 13 hours of work. Now, these women are fighting to stop this practice.
2023 Gracie Award Winner for Best Reporter/Correspondent for non-commercial radio.
WFUV 90.7
WFUV 90.7
Click the button to find Meghan’s feature stories from the WFUV newsroom
Recent Work
FUV Live Sessions: Kareem Rahma & Tiny Gun
(photo by: Gus Philippas)
FUV Live Sessions
FUV Live Sessions
FUV Live Sessions
“FUV Live Sessions” is a music podcast brought to you by WFUV in New York City.
As Executive Producer, Meghan repurposed the station’s long-time series, FUV Live, into the two-way interview podcast, “FUV Live Sessions.”
You can listen to live sets + interviews with the artists wherever you get your podcasts. Click a button to listen on Apple Podcasts. You can also listen on Spotify and at wfuv.org.
Food, We Need to Talk
Food, We Need to Talk
Meghan worked on Season 3 of PRX’s "Food, We Need To Talk”
Click a button to check out the episodes she produced and edited!
Best New Ideas in Money
Best New Ideas in Money
Meghan mixed + engineered episodes of Marketwatch’s and Dow Jones’ “Best New Ideas in Money.”
Independent Stories
Independent Stories
Writing
Writing
PHILOSOPHYTelling stories gives us the chance to connect. To connect with each other, with our pasts, to live more fully in the present and to look towards the future. My focus is to tell stories with empathy, transparency and clarity.
SERVICESReady to tell your story? Check out my services to see how I can help.
Freelance audio production including all elements from start to finish of the production process: research, fact-checking, interviewing, cutting tape, scripting, recording, hosting, mixing and publishing.
Freelance writing including reporting, copywriting and editing.
Podcast audio editing including assembling episodes, mixing and engineering.
“I’ve been a storyteller for my whole life. I used to tell stories on stage. Now my medium is audio. I want people listening to my stories to feel the same way they might feel sitting in a theater.”
Meghan Suma • Journalist & Audio Producer
