Melissa Jun Rowley

Current

• Video Correspondent/Writer at Causecast
• Producer - AMC News at AMC Network - American Movie Classics
• Entertainment Producer at CNN

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Past

• Video Producer at CNN Business News
• Associate Producer at TechTV

Education

• Ithaca College

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Connections

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Industry

Broadcast Media

Melissa Jun Rowley’s Summary

Network level Field Producer/Reporter/Writer specializing in entertainment, social change and activism.

Short Film Producer/Philanthropist for The LEAP Foundation (charity booster & mico-finance lender)

Melissa Jun Rowley’s Specialties:

music, film, social change

Melissa Jun Rowley’s Experience

• Video Correspondent/Writer

  Causecast

  (Internet industry)

  March 2009 — Present (10 months)

  News & Editorial writer and field reporter for Causecast.org - a coalition of change-makers, problem solvers and every
  day people working together to change the world. We combine the powers of media, entertainment, philanthropy and business for the greater good. In short, Causecast is a community of people and nonprofits that are actively involved in causes like child slavery, global warming, mentoring programs, animal rights and autism research, just to name a few.
  
  Our community is growing and we're building a movement. Join us at www.Causecast.org

• Producer - AMC News

  AMC Network - American Movie Classics

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Executes coverage of top film festivals, premieres, award shows, junkets and hard entertainment news

• Entertainment Producer

  CNN

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Broadcast Media industry)

  March 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)

  - Directs field shoots and conducts celebrity interviews
  - Produces packages for CNN’s primetime programming and international feed
  - Turns around daily segments for air

• Video Producer

  CNN Business News

  (Public Company; TWX; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 2003 — 2005 (2 years )

  - Cut and implemented video for eight-hour live news format
  - Managed video team when head Video Producer was absent
  - Worked with show producers to build compelling editorial business news content

• Associate Producer

  TechTV

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  June 2000 — June 2002 (2 years 1 month)

  - Directed field shoots, turned around packages, and produced live hits for eight-hour live news format
  - Assisted in production of live high-tech/entertainment news programming

Melissa Jun Rowley’s Education

• Ithaca College

  B.A. , Broadcast Journalism , 1995 — 1999

  Activities and Societies:

  Winner of National Broadcasting Society Award - 2 years, Merit Scholar, Producer and Reporter of "Cover Story," Host of issue-oriented talk shows, Society of Professional Journalists Member

Additional Information

Melissa Jun Rowley’s Interests:

concert promoter, activist for the Life Rolls On Foundation, jazz buff, FILM INDEPENDENT supporter, documentarian, music geek

Melissa Jun Rowley’s Groups:

The Leap Foundation - http://www.theleapfoundation.org,
MASC - Multiracial Americancs of Southern California - http://www.mascsite.org/

•    TV News
•    Girls in Tech - Global

Melissa Jun Rowley’s Honors:

National Broadcasting Society Award - Best Documentary, received two years in a row at Ithaca College

Melissa Jun Rowley’s Contact Settings

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