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Melissa Cornick in her career as a network news television producer, has received numerous awards for her groundbreaking original investigative reports, including the prestigious 2006 Edward R. Murrow and the Mongerson Prize for Ethics in Investigative Reporting awards, among others for her work at at 60 Minutes, Dateline, 20/20 and for the legendary Walter Cronkite's former documentary unit.
Cornick is trained much like an independent producer; from generating fresh concepts ahead of the media, to gumshoe reporting, to crafting and editing. She specializes in challenging topics told by regular people for the nation to consider and that generate dynamic long term online discussions. Cornick's objective is to give a voice to the voiceless while highlighting the tenets of ethics of journalism.
Her current objective is to explore how investigative journalism on grassroots America can be popularized online through Fellowship projects which include the National Association of Television Executives Fellowship and the George Washington Williams Fellowship/New Voices in Independent Journalism. She has completed the NBPC New Media Institute Fellowship.