I would say Megan Mitchell as an anchor is Megan Mitchell on the anchor desk. What sets you apart? Who is Megan Mitchell as a news anchor? There are a ton of news anchors out there. It all worked out there and I had the best time ever. I sought out Emerson College because they had a great broadcasting school. My friends and I would make green screen videos and I knew then that I wanted to do this. I built a green screen in my basement when I was a freshman with studio lights, and this was prior to everyone having ring lights and stuff. I really couldn’t pick a thing! And then I realized that journalism would allow me to do all of those things while also getting that performative aspect. I really liked theater, but I was also a really big jock, and I loved writing. When little Megan Mitchell was running around Brookfield, Connecticut, was she saying, “I want to be a morning anchor when I grow up!”? The Buckeye Flame caught up with Mitchell to talk all about life behind the anchor desk, including covering LGBTQ+ stories, her super important work in North Dakota, and, yes, her undercut. “And the best part is that I just get to be myself.” “There is so much to do here and so many incredible people to meet,” says Mitchell, an active member of The Association of LGBTQ Journalists. The out award-winning journalist joined the Cincinnati NBC affiliate as an anchor and reporter in 2016 and quickly fell in love with the Queen City, most definitely including her fellow members of the Cincy’s LGBTQ+ community. Megan couldn’t be more in love with Cincinnati! ![]() The opening line on Megan Mitchell’s profile page on the WLWT-TV website is pretty darn clear:
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