Mellissa Fung
Washington, DC, United States
Mellissa Fung is a veteran correspondent and best-selling author. She covered the war in Afghanistan for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and also produced the award-winning documentaries Canada’s Ugly Secret and No Country for Horses. Her bestselling first book, Under an Afghan Sky, chronicles her experience as a hostage after she was kidnapped while on assignment in Afghanistan in 2008. In the last several years, Fung has turned her attention to human rights reporting, returning to Afghanistan several times to continue reporting on the challenges that continue to exist there, particularly for women and children. In addition to the CBC, her work has appeared in The Walrus, The Toronto Star, GlobalPost, and PBS among other publications. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Gracie award, the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association award for documentary, and several Radio and Television News Directors awards. She is a sought-after public speaker on development issues, and has been featured as a keynote for organizations ranging from American Bar Association, the Canadian Department of National Defense, Women for Women in Afghanistan, and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. She earned an MS in journalism from Columbia University and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Global Reporting Centre. Fung lives in Washington, DC.
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