Journalist

Melissa Christidis is a Journalist with a portfolio across Europe & Australia in news & factual. 

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Aus media work: 7News Spotlight's Investigations, Channel 7 News & Sunrise ( Australia's highest rated breakfast TV news program).

Sky News/Sky News Investigations.
Channel 9 Regional.

UK media work: ITV, NBC News, Ch4, Sky TV & The Telegraph.

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Melissa is skilled across multiple aspects of production in high-pressure TV environments, including: 

Daily (breaking news) & long form, live TV/rolling coverage, sourcing stories/talent, scripting, reporting, field producing, Video Journalist (self-shooter), editing, strong chase skills & global contact list.

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Recent work for Ch7 includes in-depth documentary research on COVID-19, Hotel Quarantine Inquiry, IBAC hearings, 2020 Australian Bushfires, Thai Cave Rescue, Indonesia earthquake, Californian fires, Julian Assange, Aus federal election, Royal coverage, health, government, crime & local news.

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UK work includes ITV's highest-rated Factual program - The EU Referendum with UK Politicians, U.S. election coverage, Terror Attacks, Royals - NBC News, North Korea/China, Brexit - Japanese Broadcaster TV Asahi, The Telegraph, artist interviews and concept development for ITN/Channel 4 documentaries.

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​​Tertiary Qualifications:
Double Masters Degree in Media/Communications|
MBA - Master of Business Administration
Bachelor of Media/Business