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Megan Burbank

Seattle

Journalist at Freelance

Bachelorette recaps @thestranger, reporting on abortion policy everywhere else (@cascadePBS @axios @npr), previously @seattletimes @portlandmercury

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  • Readers want political news - about the other Washington

    1 week ago | cascadepbs.org | Megan Burbank

    In our latest poll, only 9% of respondents said they'd recently discussed state-level policy. The Cascade PBS Politics newsletter wants to change that.

  • Baby Gloom: Anti-Abortion Policies Are Making People Reexamine Their Plans Around Pregnancy

    1 month ago | thestranger.com | Megan Burbank

    A few months ago, a friend and I went to see Wicked at SIFF Downtown. We were in good spirits, as only two former theater kids about to see three hours of musical theater can be. We crammed chocolate popcorn into our maws and joked that the directive to silence our phones did not specify no singing, but the mood was somewhat soured by what followed: an ad for Kaiser Permanente, featuring a woman talking about her positive birth experience.

  • Four years ago, the Posies’ Ken Stringfellow disappeared from the public eye after three women accused him of sexual assault. Last year, he went on tour.

    1 month ago | thestranger.com | Megan Burbank

    This story appears in our Spring Art + Performance 2025 Issue, published on March 5, 2025. Last October, I bought a ticket to a performance by Posies cofounder Ken Stringfellow, set to take place at an undisclosed location in Pioneer Square.

  • Watching Yellowjackets This Weekend? Catch Up Here.

    1 month ago | thestranger.com | Megan Burbank

    After everything our marooned soccer players endured last season—a wilderness baby’s traumatic birth, eating their teammate and a child, and almost dying in a fire possibly set by a mutinous coach—I expected a grim start to the third season of Yellowjackets, and after making my way through episodes 1-4, CAN CONFIRM! Things are not looking good for Coach Ben, Adult Van and Tai are caught up in a freaky folie à deux, Adult Shauna and her family are facing the consequences of their...

  • A lack of provider literacy is straining people with Long COVID. Training programs for doctors could help.

    1 month ago | thesicktimes.org | Megan Burbank

    Key points you should know:Most treatment for Long COVID begins in primary care, but most primary care providers don’t have the time or expertise to meaningfully treat it. That leaves people with Long COVID to face provider skepticism and disbelief on top of other barriers to treatment, with few options outside of a handful of specialized clinics that are themselves overwhelmed.

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Megan Burbank
Megan Burbank @meganireneb
26 Mar 25

This week, Laurel Demkovich and Josh Cohen dug into Frank Chopp’s legacy at #waleg and in the fight for affordable housing. Both chambers of the legislature honored him with moments of silence Monday. https://t.co/WdAMdL8djV

Megan Burbank
Megan Burbank @meganireneb
3 Feb 25

RT @TheStranger: In her new column, @miburbank writes about David Lynch’s “ability to depict genuinely horrifying onscreen violence and abj…

Megan Burbank
Megan Burbank @meganireneb
20 Nov 24

this Melissa Gira Grant piece is so essential. when we privilege political expedience over solid reporting we do so at our own peril - and at the risk of harming the people we claim we want to help https://t.co/wMtnHx8rMZ