Megan Newsham
Megan Newsham(she/her)
News Reporter, Phoenix

Megan Newsham expects to graduate in May 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a certificate in civil communications. Newsham, who has interned for RightThisMinute in Phoenix, is working the Phoenix News Bureau.

Latest from Megan Newsham

Remote work has potential to boost employment for those with disabilities

PHOENIX – People living with disabilities have some of the highest rates of unemployment. Ability360 has job training programs for those who want to be part of the workforce.


SRP lowers Salt River water levels, reducing eelgrass for wild horses, advocates complain

MESA – Water levels on the Salt River have been healthy all summer and have led to ample eelgrass for the wild horses that roam its banks. Now SRP is cutting back on releases into the river, and a group dedicated to the horses is worried about the horses’ food source.


How lowering Salt River water levels impacts wild horses

Each winter the Salt River Project power company lowers the water levels along the Salt River to provide water and energy to millions of Arizonans, but regulating the water levels means the wild horses along the river end up being impacted.

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Tempe Healing Field returns for 20th anniversary of 9/11

TEMPE – The Tempe Healing Field 9/11 memorial is being held at Tempe Beach Park, to remember the nearly 3,000 people lost during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The Tempe Healing Fields pays tribute to those who died as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.