About Mélissa Godin
Mélissa is an award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and narrative non-fiction writer. Her work has appeared in Time Magazine, the Guardian, National Geographic, Vogue and the New York Times, among others. She is currently working on her first book, Take the Waters, which will be published by Henry Holt & Company.
Mélissa covers topics at the intersection of cultural identity, human rights, and environment. She is drawn to character-driven stories that unveil how social, political and ecological changes shape the most intimate aspects of people’s lives, from the food they eat to the people they choose to love.
Mélissa’s written work has received awards and grants from the Columbia Journalism Review, the United Nations Foundation, National Geographic, the Society of Environmental Journalists, One World Media, and others. Her documentaries, published by Al Jazeera, Channel News Asia, and WaterBear, have won awards at the Toronto International Women Film Festival and the Monte Carlo Television Film Festival. In 2018, she was named a National Geographic Storytelling Explorer.
Mélissa works as a lecturer at Sciences Po and serves as an editorial coordinator at Agence France-Presse. She holds degrees in politics, human rights, and philosophy from NYU and the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She is represented by Elias Altman from the Massie, McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agency.
