Jeff Boddiford

Editor’s note: Many attempts were made to reach Boddiford, including emails, calls and text messages, but he did not respond to OCN.

Age: 58

Email address: jboddiford@cityofoviedo.net

Where they live: Oviedo 

Where they work: According to Boddiford’s bio on the City of Oviedo website, his current and past experience includes: National account manager for Perdue Farms; Oviedo Police Foundation and Boys Town Board, member of the Oviedo Winter Springs Chamber of Commerce, Hope Helps volunteer

Prior political experience: Served on the Local Planning Agency in Oviedo

Link to their website: cityofoviedo.net/353/Jeff-Boddiford

Author

Megan is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Oviedo Community News, the only independent news source for Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs. She oversees editorial content, policy and staff. She attends meetings, sends out the e-newsletter and curates conversations in the community to understand the information gaps that OCN needs to fill. She also works to create partnerships that can strengthen the bond between community and newsroom.

She has served as an award-winning community journalist for more than 20 years, including as associate editor for the East Orlando Sun and a reporter for the Seminole Voice, the Winter Park-Maitland Observer and Orlando Magazine.

In 2024, Megan was named Editor of the Year by the Society for Professional Journalism. With the Central Florida Foundation and Central Florida Public Media, she co-found the News Collaborative of Central Florida, a collective of independent local news outlets and aligned partners working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida.

She served as treasurer for the Florida Press Club for seven years and has won awards from the Institute for Nonprofit News, the Florida Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalism. Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism (now called the Reed College of Media) at West Virginia University.

Megan also loves yoga, running and playing board games with her family.