# Mellissa Fung
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mellissa fung is a Canadian journalist with CBC News, appearing regularly as a field correspondent on The National.
== Education and career ==
Fung and her younger sister are the daughters of Kellog and Joyce Fung. She was born in Hong Kong, and her family moved to Vancouver when she was four years old.
Mellissa Fung: The Survivor
Not a lot of chuckles when you are kidnapped by the Taliban and thrown in a hole. And then you write a book about the girls stolen and raped by Boko Haram. But we laughed anyway. Mellissa Fung talks about her life, her new book, women’s fears, and ultimately finding joy. No one wants to be defined …
Mellissa Fung – Between good and evil: The stolen girls of Boko Haram…with TRE’s Selina MacKenzie
Mellissa Fung – Between good and evil: The stolen girls of Boko Haram...with TRE's Selina MacKenzie
Wednesday 23 August
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Monocle’s Washington correspondent, Christopher Cermak, discusses the US filing its first war-crimes charges related to the Russia-Ukraine war. Then, our panellists Yossi Mekelberg and Mellissa Fung explore whether international bodies and NGOs were too slow to condemn Hamas’s 7 October sex crimes,…
Europe’s problem with China spies
Our panellists, Mellissa Fung and Nik Gowing, discuss the recent espionage arrests in Germany, the growing unrest at New York’s most prestigious university and what Taiwan should do with its controversial statues. Also in the programme: is Elon Musk right to tell Australia’s prime minister, Anthony…
How Do You Reclaim Your Voice After Captivity? Mellissa Fung on Trauma, Courage, Resilience and Bearing Witness to Women’s Suffering in War
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“You don't know how strong you are until you're faced with a crisis. I never thought I could survive being kidnapped and thrown into a hole. But somehow, you find the strength in you to get through it.” - Mellissa Fung
In this power…
Season 2, Ep 5 - Louise Penny & J. R. Thornton
The fifth episode of the second season of Bloody Scotland: The Podcast features an interview with Louise Penny talking about her book The Last Mandarin, which was co-written with journalist Mellissa Fung, and a chat with J. R. Thornton, on his novel, Lucien.
Ep. #22 | The Lost Decade of Thrillers, Awards Season & Yesteryear
Welcome to Unreliable Sources—a quick hit of mystery, murder, and mayhem.
In this episode, thriller author Mike Donohue runs through a bumper crop of awards news — ThrillerFest winners, Anthony nominations, the Capital Crime Fingerprint Award shortlists, and a belated Edgar catch-up. On the streami…
Unlocking Resilience and Purpose: How a Veteran Journalist Found her Joy Through Writing Fiction
Resilience isn’t just about bouncing back — it’s about transforming trauma into powerful storytelling that can change the world. In our latest episode, award-winning journalist, advocate and author Mellissa Fung shares the extraordinary journey from life-threatening hostage situations in Afghanista…
Mellissa Fung: Survival, Storytelling, and the Courage to Shine Light Where the World Looks Away
In this powerful episode of A Lighthouse in the Dark, Michael Fishman sits down with journalist, author, and filmmaker Mellissa Fung for a deeply human conversation about courage, survival, storytelling, women in peril, and the responsibility of shining light where the world too often looks away.
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