Meg Matthias
Meg Matthias is Senior Video Production Manager at Encyclopædia Britannica. She supervises all editorial video content for Britannica and its sister company, Merriam-Webster.
Meg has managed the growing Britannica editorial video team since 2022. Her team of six creates engaging editorial video content for verticals including Britannica, Britannica Money, Britannica School, Merriam-Webster, and social media. Across brands, viewers find engaging, educational content that ranges from animated explainers of weird animal behaviors to live-action tours of museum archives and water treatment plants.
As a producer, Meg also coordinates and conducts live and virtual interviews with subject matter experts. Some notable interviewees have included former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow Emily Wilson, and vaccine science and infectious disease specialist Dr. Paul Offit.
EDUCATION AND AWARDS
Meg holds a B.A. in English from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Under Meg’s leadership, the Britannica video team won a Webby Award for Best of the Internet for the video “How Are Sports Chosen for the Olympics?” and a Davey Award (Silver) for the Britannica Money video “How Do Credit Scores Work?”
IN MEG’S OWN WORDS…
Though my focus is multimedia, I’m drawn to strange, surprising stories across history, science, and culture in any format. At Britannica, I’m fortunate enough to investigate these spaces in both media and written work, including:
