Meghna previously reported on New England transportation and energy issues for WBUR’s news department, and served as fill-in host for Here & Now, WBUR’s national midday show.
She has won awards from both the Associated Press and the Radio Television News Directors Association for her writing, hard news reporting, and use of sound.
She produced and directed WBUR’s national news and talk program, On Point, for five years.
In 2006, she spent 10 months as a fellow at the Metcalf Institute for Environmental Reporting.
Meghna holds bachelors degrees civil and environmental engineering from Oregon State University, and a masters degree from Harvard University. Her career has taken various detours through summers performing engineering failure analysis, teaching human physiology, working under the table at an Italian cafe, a turn as assistant curator for space technology at London’s National Science Museum, researching flood control solutions for Venice, Italy, and writing two unpublished manuscripts.
She speaks French badly. Enough Italian to get into trouble. And is learning Hindi by subjecting herself to a long series of Bollywood films.
Davey Forecasts Deeper Budget Pain For MBTA
"Even if we're able to solve even a portion of this this year, it only pushes the problem to next year," Transportation Secretary Richard Davey said. "Three years from now the T's deficit is $330 million."
A Conversation With UMass President Robert Caret
Over the past year, Radio Boston has featured a series of conversations with local college and university presidents. One thing they all seem to have in common is they all come from places you wouldn't expect. UMass President Robert Caret is no exception.
Acoustica Electronica Remixing The Classics
Acoustica Electronica is the brainchild of Touch Performance Art, a group that brings together musicians from local conservatories and classically trained DJs to reinvent and remix the most commanding of the classics.
MBTA Advisory Board Seeks Alternatives To Cuts
The MBTA Advisory Board has responded to proposed fare hikes and service cuts at the transit agency with a proposal it says would soften the blow any cuts would bring while buying the MBTA time to find a long-term fix to its broken finances.
Forty Years Of Title IX
Although the language of Title IX doesn't use the word "sports" at all, the law has had an enormous impact on athletics.
Tufts President Anthony Monaco On Life, Learning And The Cost Of Higher Education
New Tufts University President Anthony Monaco sits down with Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss the implications for today's graduates of the rising cost of higher education.
CommonHealth: Tackling Medical Issues Through Song
Dr. Mache Seibel has been playing music since he was a kid but started using his skills in the medical world during his residency in the late 1970s. "I was actually using songs to teach the medical students how to do operations."
Jason Moran Reimagines Thelonious Monk
Pianist Jason Moran joins Radio Boston to discuss his reimagination of a landmark performance by the jazz legend Thelonious Monk.
The History Of Haiti And U.S. Intervention
We talk with the author of a new book about the history of Haiti, and about the sometimes negative effects of U.S. intervention there.
Local Violinist Marissa Licata On The Rise
We hear from violinist Marissa Licata, who has a concert Tuesday night at Scullers Jazz Club. The New England Conservatory graduate has commanded the attention of Alicia Keys, members of the Fugees, and the Eurythmics.
