About Melissa Nix
Editorial director based in Washington, D.C., offering storytelling strategy, content and communications planning, and video and podcast direction and production. Melissa brings sophisticated cross-cultural skills and a global outlook to her work, having lived and worked in Brussels, Rome, Tokyo, Seoul and Tunis.
With experience in NATO and international security policy, healthcare technology and film production and journalism, Melissa excels at communicating complex ideas to globally diverse audiences with media savvy.
What makes her tick: connecting with people and building bridges with curiosity and empathy---whether at high-level forums such as NATO's Atlantic Council or the halls of the Pentagon, as a reporter in Tokyo and Seoul, or working with clients to uncover their unique story.
Special superpower: making C-Suite executives feel like superstars in front of microphone a TV camera.
I believe in the power of story to change the world. And I believe telling people’s stories is a privilege.
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Select Multi-Media Projects
In my role as Editorial Director, I developed, planned, wrote, produced and sourced guests for Surescripts first-ever podcast series, “There’s a Better Way: Smart Talk on Healthcare and Technology." The bi-weekly series, which featured senior leaders and industry influencers, served as a thought leadership platform for my chief marketing officer. “There’s a Better Way" won the MarCom Award in gold and platinum in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
As an associate producer with PBS international documentary series, "Wide Angle," I helped to produce a series which compared the first-grade experiences of individual children in Benin, Brazil, Japan, Kenya, Rajasthan, Romania and the United States. I worked closely with NGOs and UN offices to find each child and understand the obstacles they faced in going to school---oftentimes poverty and gender, even the cost of a uniform, stood in the way.
The excerpt above features Joab, a young boy in Kenya, who overcame great odds to begin school.
By far, this series was the most moving documentary project I have had the privilege to be associated with.