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Mélissa Godin
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Journalist, Freelance
Paris
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Biography
Mélissa is an award-winning journalist and documentary film-maker. She has previously reported for TIME Magazine, the Guardian and the New York Times. In 2021, Mélissa was named an Emerging Journalist of the Year finalist by the Columbia Journalism review for her “refreshingly original topics, assiduous reporting and lively characters, resulting in journalism that teaches but also delights”. Her documentary, Daughters of Drought, won for Best Short Documentary at the Toronto International Women Film Festival. Previously, Mélissa has received awards and grants from the United Nations Foundation, the Society of Environmental Journalists, One World Media, the Earth Journalism Network, among others. In 2018, she was named a National Geographic Storytelling Explorer. Her writing has also been published in No Planet B, a collection on climate justice by Haymarket Books. Alongside journalism, Mélissa works as a lecturer at Sciences Po. She holds degrees in politics, human rights and philosophy from New York University, Sciences Po Paris, and the University of Oxford where she attended as a Rhodes Scholar. Mélissa is Canadian and now lives in Paris. She is represented by the Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agency. www.melissagodin.com
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Freelance
De Pere, Wisconsin, United States