Megan Pacer

Digital reporter/producer

Anchorage, AK

Megan is a digital reporter and producer with a background in reporting, photography and pagination at daily and weekly newspapers in Alaska. She graduated from Central Michigan University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in anthropology and journalism and moved to Alaska shortly thereafter. She joined Alaska's News Source in 2021.

Megan has spent the last several years reporting on a wide variety of topics including local government, sports, economic drivers, art, crime and education.

(Photo Credit: Freeze Frame Photography)

Education

Central Michigan University, 2015, journalism and anthropology

National

Anchorage police found the body of a man in a tote container in a garage in northeast Anchorage.

Police: Man’s body found in storage bin during suspicious death investigation

Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 8:17 PM EDT

By Megan Pacer, Joey Klecka and Jordan Gartner

Police arrested two men after finding a body hidden in a northeast Anchorage home over the weekend.

National

Beached killer whale gets showered with more than affection.

Stranded killer whale free after getting stuck along Alaska coastline

Updated: Aug. 3, 2021 at 6:51 PM EDT

By Jay Luzardo, Megan Pacer and Ed Payne

Julie Fair with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the killer whale was able to refloat with the rising tide after getting stuck on the rocky beach.

National

A tsunami watch was issued for Hawaii following a large quake off Alaska

8.2 magnitude quake in Alaska’s Aleutian Chain generates small tsunami

Updated: Jul. 29, 2021 at 6:02 AM EDT

By Megan Pacer and Gray News staff

A preliminary 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Aleutian Chain late Wednesday night, generating a small tsunami and prompting a tsunami warning and evacuations for several communities along the Gulf of Alaska coast.