Megan Doherty
Megan Doherty is a journalist at The Canberra Times whose work centres on local stories that connect arts, entertainment and everyday life. She focuses on cultural institutions, live shows and community issues, paying close attention to how they affect ordinary people.
Arts institutions and cultural accountability
Doherty devotes consistent attention to the city’s major cultural institutions, treating them as both artistic centres and public trusts. She reports on controversies around national galleries, including calls for the National Portrait Gallery to investigate work by an artist accused of copying, framing the issue as one of governance, reputation and fairness in the art world. Her coverage of cultural funding examines how political decisions reshape the landscape, such as the Coalition’s approach to investing more in the national war memorial while leaving other institutions competing for support.
She also follows developments in scientific and museum collections, highlighting stories like the arrival of the world’s largest bee into a national insect collection and what such acquisitions mean for researchers and visitors alike. Across these pieces, she treats institutions as accountable to the public, looking beyond announcements to the consequences for collections, artists and audiences.
Live shows, performers and family entertainment
Entertainment coverage in Doherty’s portfolio is anchored in live performance and the way touring acts connect with local families. She profiles visiting performers such as children’s author and comedian David Walliams, focusing on the atmosphere of joy they bring to audiences and what they want people to feel when they leave the theatre. Competitions and ticket giveaways regularly sit alongside these stories, reflecting a practical streak in her work that aims to get readers into seats, whether that is a country music show by a local Australian Idol alumnus or other family-friendly events.
Her pieces combine straightforward reporting on dates and venues with short, human snapshots of performers and fans, keeping the emphasis on shared experience rather than celebrity.
Community spaces, sport and everyday life
Doherty frequently writes about community spaces and local routines, treating them as part of the cultural fabric she covers. When a long-loved waterpark is vandalised and its owners say the damage has effectively forced its closure, she chronicles the loss and the sense that a once central gathering place has reached the end of the line.
She tests commuter realities herself, comparing car and bus journeys across the city to show the trade-offs between travel time, convenience and public transport options.
Her columns on sport take a similar everyday lens, as in her response to intense media scrutiny of Raiders players after a lift altercation in Las Vegas, where she argues for proportion and a more measured focus on players’ off-field lives. She also returns to recurring local storylines, such as the city’s affection for figures or characters like Dorothy and Enid, and how that affection can grow to include new additions.
Even national figures like the Governor-General and his spouse are treated through this community frame, with attention to service and ceremony as they end their term. The common thread is an interest in how public spaces, routines and personalities shape daily life and identity.
Scams, kindness and personal voice
Doherty uses her own experience when it helps explain risk or behaviour, particularly around online scams and acts of kindness.
In a prominent piece on Taylor Swift tickets, she recounts falling for an online scam herself and uses that narrative to walk readers through the red flags, safer payment options and steps to take if something feels wrong. The article blends vulnerability with concrete advice, making consumer protection feel immediate rather than abstract. Her work has also extended to stories of generosity, such as profiling a series of random acts of kindness carried out for a birthday, which underlines her interest in small, positive gestures within the community.
This strand of her coverage shows how she brings a personal voice to subjects that could otherwise be treated as dry warnings or simple feel-good anecdotes, making them grounded, specific and useful.
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