Megan McSweeney
Assignment Desk Editor / Digital Content Producer
Cleveland, Ohio
Megan McSweeney joined Cleveland 19 News in January 2023 as an Assignment Desk Editor and Digital Content Producer.
She graduated from Kent State in 2022 and is excited to start her career in the city she grew up in.
When Megan isn't writing, she spends her time on the lake racing sail boats and trying new coffee shops. She's passionate about audio storytelling and looks forward to every Sunday when the new This American Life episode is released.
Before joining 19 News, she spent her summers teaching campers how to sail dinghys and school years writing for student media outlets. Recently, her senior reporting project was nominated for the Student Award for Diversity through Kent State's School of Media and Journalism.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2024 at 10:19 AM EDT
|By Avery Williams, Megan McSweeney and Amanda Alvarado
The boy's mother, her boyfriend, and uncle were all charged in the attack.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2024 at 10:10 AM EDT
|By Megan McSweeney, Caitlin McCarthy and Amanda Alvarado
A pit bull attacked a boy who was in handcuffs.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2024 at 11:14 AM EDT
|By Megan McSweeney and Emily Van de Riet
A 20-year-old FedEx worker was killed in a tragic accident when he fell out of his vehicle on an Ohio roadway.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2024 at 3:38 PM EDT
|By Megan McSweeney, Alec Sapolin and Debra Worley
Cameras from the Ohio Department of Transportation caught someone driving backward with the flow of traffic on I-90 Thursday.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2024 at 4:34 PM EDT
|By Megan McSweeney and Jordan Gartner
A Virginia family traveled six hours to Cleveland to experience Monday’s total solar eclipse.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2024 at 3:33 PM EDT
|By Megan McSweeney and Andrew McMunn
The Bay Village Police Department shared the interaction in two Facebook posts.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2024 at 7:25 AM EST
|By Megan McSweeney and Gray News staff
The Amber Alert issued for a missing Ohio boy was canceled Friday morning after authorities located the child’s body.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2023 at 8:05 PM EST
|By Megan McSweeney, Rachel Vadaj, Michelle Nicks - WOIO and Jordan Gartner
A city council has allowed a police officer to purchase his longtime K-9 partner.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2023 at 11:22 AM EST
|By Megan McSweeney, Avery Williams and Gray News staff
Police identified 42-year-old Melvin Wright as the man who shot another person in the face for refusing to share his potato chips.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2023 at 5:40 PM EST
|By Megan McSweeney and Andrew McMunn
The victim reportedly drove himself to the hospital.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 4:03 PM EST
|By Megan McSweeney and Andrew McMunn
Jordan Justice, 11, died unexpectedly after days with a cough, according to his family.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 at 2:13 PM EDT
|By Megan McSweeney and Avery Williams
Officers found five dead family members at the Uniontown, Ohio, residence.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 8:25 PM EDT
|By Megan McSweeney and Andrew McMunn
She is the second Cleveland mother to be charged with murdering their child in as many days.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2023 at 9:53 PM EDT
|By Megan McSweeney and Jordan Gartner
An Ohio woman who was convicted of stealing from elderly patients has been sent to jail.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 11:39 AM EDT
|By Megan McSweeney
Aaron Parsons was taken into custody Wednesday. He was wanted for aggravated robbery with a gun, officials said.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 5:07 PM EST
|By Megan McSweeney and Emily Van de Riet
A train conductor was killed in a crash involving a dump truck in the Cleveland area early Tuesday morning.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 7:45 PM EST
|By Megan McSweeney and Andrew McMunn
Authorities in Ohio were left scratching their heads after a small clown statue was left outside their headquarters.