Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson
Narrative Strategist | Journalist
About Me
I've spent thirty years working out how to ask the right questions, find what actually matters, and shape it into something that moves people — reporting for major publications from Business Day to Vogue, writing for feature and documentary film, and advising development banks, investment funds and institutions across three continents.I'm still in the field — reporting for local newsrooms in Virginia, publishing monthly essays and a twice-monthly podcast on Substack, and writing to deadline every week. That matters for clients because it means I bring a reporter's instinct to every engagement — an eye for what's true, what's missing, and what will actually resonate.I am a Virginia Press Association award winner for feature writing. My twice-monthly podcast reaches thousands of listeners in 47 US states and 46 countries.
Advisory
Here's a pattern I've seen a lot: a leader with a genuinely important story to tell — one that could shift how a regulator thinks, win a mandate, or change how an entire industry sees a problem — either can't find the words, or finds words that fall flat. The ideas and conviction are there. The story is nowhere.That's the gap I fill.I work as an editorial partner — from producing the work to getting it in front of the right people. That means reported essays, features, op-eds and thought leadership; board-level messaging and executive ghostwriting; dedicated podcast episodes or a short series.I don't just shape your story. I get it in front of the people that matter — through my own network and the media.I work with a variety of organisations at important inflection points: raising capital, building awareness or making the case for work that isn't yet understood as well as it deserves to be.If you need help telling your story, get in touch.