Melody Schreiber was a program manager and communications director at the International Reporting Project (IRP). Before joining IRP, she was an assistant editor at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She has also worked as a freelance editor for various authors and research institutions. Her articles, essays and reviews have been published by the Washington Post, the Guardian, the Atlantic, Vice, Quartz, USA Today, Washingtonian, Delaware State News, the Toast, Slate, Grist and other publications. She has also appeared on CNN and Feature Story News. Melody has a bachelor's degree in English and linguistics from Georgetown University and a master of the arts in nonfiction writing from the Johns Hopkins University.
