Melissa Greene-Blye

Melissa Greene-Blye, Ph.D. worked as an anchor and reporter during 20 years in the news business covering local news in television markets big and small. She enjoys using her knowledge and experience to educate the newest generation of journalists.

Melissa is a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. Her research examines journalistic representations and negotiations of American Indian identity past and present. Melissa is the creator and director the KU Native Storytelling Workshop, faculty supervisor for Good Morning Indian Country, a weekly livestreamed student-led Native news and information program. She also serves on the education committee of the Indigenous Journalists Association as well as on the board of IndiJ Public Media, the parent company of ICT, formerly Indian Country Today.