10-19-23
4-02-23
I spoke about inequality in state taxes for the Nerd Farmer podcast.
3-23
I was part of the team that won the national SABEW award for the Unequal Burden series on state taxes.
2-27-23
1-18-2023
I received a 2023 NICAR fellowship to attend the data journalism conference with all expenses paid.
Oct. 6-15, 2022
I was selected for the highly competitive transatlantic New Bridge Fellowship throughout D.C., Brussels and Berlin. I met diplomats, journalists, historians and politicians as a representative for the Center for Public Integrity.
10-13-22
My story on Roe v Wade through the eyes of Kentucky was republished in the anthology Aftermath: Life in Post-Roe America by SheWrites Press. The book includes a review by Gloria Steinem and is available wherever books are sold.
07-17-22
06-22-22
My 2021 article ‘Proposed iPhone protections could put LGBTQ youth at risk’ was cited in the Future of Privacy Forum and LGBT Tech report.
6-1-22
5-20-22
I received a regional SPJ award for my coverage of the Khmer community for the Seattle Times.
6-19-2021
I spoke about my essay on getting stuck on Mt St Helen’s overnight.
4-30-2021
I spoke on KUOW’s Casual Friday.
04-22-2021
I spoke on Converge Media about my investigation into zoom bombings.
12-14-2020
I spoke on Converge Media about my investigation into police shooting rates across King County.
12-11-2020
I spoke about the week’s news on KUOW’s Casual Friday segment.
10-23-2020
I spoke about the week’s news on KUOW’s Casual Friday segment.
My investigation into medical negligence at the Northwest Detention Center was cited in a 2020 Northwest Immigrant Rights Project lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
06-2020
My 2020 reporting on racial inequality was featured on the May/June cover of Women in Journalism Magazine.
04-16-2020
My investigation into medical negligence at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) was cited multiple times in an extensive University of Washington Center for Human Rights study on medical neglect at NWDC.
01-2020
I spoke about my article on anti-surveillance gear on Tech News Weekly.
12-12-2019
11-6-2019
8-22-2019
I moderated a Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce panel discussion on Artificial intelligence.
Award
07-2019
I won a first place award in investigative reporting from SPJ for an article about medical negligence at the Northwest Detention Center, which used FOIA, state public records and internal sources.
07-2019
I placed second in a 2018 Society of Professional Journalists contest in food, drink, lifestyles and travel reporting for an article about the closure of a Cambodian restaurant.
3-25-2019
01-2019
I was interviewed for Fearey Group’s Meet the Media feature.
City Study and Legislation
My 2018 investigation into the King County housing court system was the only non-governmental or academic report cited in a government study about Seattle’s eviction trends. It led Seattle lawmakers to pass eviction-prevention legislation in 2019.
12-3-2018
VICE interviewed me for an article about Amazon HQ2’s potential impact on demographic and social changes in New York and provided links to two of my features in the story.
07-26-2018
A Seattle Weekly colleague and I were interviewed by NPR affiliate KNKX about our joint report on three federally funded facilities that house unaccompanied youth in the Puget Sound region.
06-2018
I received a first place award in crime and justice reporting from the 2017 regional Society of Professional Journalists contest for my YES! Magazine article about Seattle’s Block the Bunker movement.
05-29-2018
I was interviewed by NPR affiliate KNKX about my long-form Seattle Weekly article in which I profiled several tech workers on H1-B visas who are stuck in a green card limbo.
03-29-2018
I was interviewed about my Seattle Weekly article on H-1B visa holders in a SeattleLand podcast episode that also featured my reporting.
11-2017
My long-form article about Portland Public Schools’s implementation of a global climate justice course was referenced in Mary DeMocker’s book, The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep
10-2017
My long-form article on Seattle’s Block the Bunker movement was included as one of the top underreported stories of the year in Project Censored’s book, Censored 2018: The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2016-2017.
03-20-2017
In this Ring of Fire interview, I talk about my long-form article on Seattle’s Block the Bunker movement and police reform under the Trump administration.
03-15-2017
I was interviewed by KBCS for my long-form YES! Magazine article about Seattle’s Block the Bunker movement.
12-30-2015
My story about San Francisco’s shifting view towards graffiti in San Francisco was featured in a City Lab article.
12-04-2014
In this Go and Glow! podcast episode, I talk about journalism, traveling and switching career paths.
Melissa Hellmann 
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