Melissa Greene-Blye Profile

Profiles

Melissa Greene-Blye (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma) is an assistant professor in the University of Kansas School of Journalism and Mass Communications and affiliate faculty in the Indigenous Studies Program.

Melissa Greene-BlyeShe is also the founder and director of the Center for Indigenous Student Media, director of Good Morning Indian Country, an award-winning, student led weekly Indigenous news and information program, as well as creator and director of the Native Storytelling Workshop. She worked as a news anchor and reporter for 20+ years in television markets across the country. Her scholarship focuses on Indigenous representation in media past and present with a focus on improving coverage of Indigenous issues, identity, and communities in non-Indigenous media spaces. Melissa is a board member and education chair for the Indigenous Journalists Association.


Work for CID:

Melissa Greene-Blye serves on the Advisory Board of the Center.