Melissa Bell

CEO, Founder, Goofball, Real Life. You can reach me at [email protected].

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

This, THIS, is why I came to Chicago Public Media. Local news – especially publicly accessible local news – is our most urgent and pressing industry need to solve for. We've quietly been doing a lot of work this past year at CPM, and I can't wait to talk about it more soon.

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post offering “financial runway." This month it gutted its newsroom—more than 300 layoffs.

Whatever you think of legacy news, the hard data shows us that newspaper closures hurt Americans. Here's how: 🧵

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

@Shutterfly Your help desk ... is not helping me with my stuck Christmas presents. Can y'all please help? There seems to be a delightfully easy solution here, but it's somehow very stuck.

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

So in awe of @SwatiGauri and so proud of this team. This has been a damn fun decade. And I can’t wait for what is next! 💛

[Vox @voxdotcom]

Vox Editor-in-Chief Swati Sharma Takes on Expanded Role as Publisher https://t.co/SGkbjnXFmi

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

How do we get the climate story right? I (and @voxdotcom) will be joining @CoveringClimate @CJR @thenation @guardian and @soljourno to talk through this huge and hugely important story next week. And you should join us https://t.co/e2rLhXLXOv #ClimateChangesEverything

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

It was an honor to serve as a judge for the @ICFJKnight International Journalism Awards. This year’s winners have shown incredible courage covering corruption and conflict: @riadkobaissi of Lebanon & Mariam Ouédraogo of Burkina Faso. Read more here: https://t.co/5FJBhiWQC2 @ICFJ

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

@hannahlchinn @lpolgreen Y'all are wildly talented. In case any of you missed this, please apply! https://t.co/0C8OuBhulW

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

@alv9n YAY!!!!!!!!

[Colin Landforce 🛠 @landforce]

Lesson 1: just ship it

Lesson 2: weird is much better than normal

Lesson 3: join the email list tbh

https://t.co/uD2zA3ZmkU

[SB Nation @SBNation]

Our friend and former SB Nation writer Stephen White @sgw94 passed away on Tuesday after a lengthy battle with leukemia.

We send our condolences to his loved ones and we hope you consider joining the @bethematch registry in his honor to help save lives.

https://t.co/JBTXaRjNAO

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

@reckless @brianvia Don't learn: https://t.co/1mNyGccFvK

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

My thoughts are with his family and friends in this moment. And I want to thank them for being forthright about the very real, very difficult illness of depression.

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

I am so very sorry to hear the news about Chris Shea, a former Vox colleague, and a deeply thoughtful human. Going to read some of his unique and wonderfully thoughtful pieces tonight.

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

Read all about it in this great piece by @SarahScire: https://t.co/nMmqyQgJs8

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

Excited to introduce you all to @VoxMedia’s Language, Please – guidance and tools for newsrooms to examine their language use and interrupt biases in reporting: https://t.co/bz1UiBTmpa. Huge congrats to everyone who worked on this, esp. @TanyaPai @clermontave and EVS!

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

@bay_bay2005 Fair! I have a tech background so I think of it like you would a tech product. I.e. are we creating a good product experience for our users? Not if they avoid using us!

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

@katykat4071 Ha. My mom agrees with you that I talk too fast! Thanks for good suggestions.

[Reuters Institute @risj_oxford]

Are you in New York this Wednesday?

🗽 There are still a few places left for our #DNR22 launch event at 10:00 in Midtown Manhattan with @rasmus_kleis @monicadrake @arlyntg @oliviama @MelissaBell

👉 First-come, first-serve basis. Sign up in this link https://t.co/Bk7DVK266h

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

@dodaistewart @semaforben @karaswisher @Choire @ezraklein 👋👋👋👋

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

Proud to have @voxmedia sign this letter. And grateful for @sisiwei’s leadership in asking our industry to do better.

[Sisi Wei @sisiwei]

What if, to win @PulitzerPrizes, news organizations were required to publicly report data about their staff demographics?

I know so many journalists who have privately asked themselves or one another this question. Today, we asked the Pulitzers.

Join us: https://t.co/hsGV5L9Hgq

[Melissa Bell @MelissaBell]

@Choire Attacked on so many levels.