Melissa Batchelor Warnke is a writer, editor, and communications advisor with gobs of moxie. She’s into beautiful storytelling, persuasive messaging, and deep research.

She has published hundreds of pieces in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Vanity Fair, The Nation, The New Republic, Architectural Digest, Town & Country, Glamour, InStyle, U.S. News & World Report, VICE, Vox, Longreads, Atlas Obscura, The Rumpus, Refinery29, and other outlets. From 2016 - 2021, she was a contributing opinion writer for the Los Angeles Times.

Melissa has taught at the University of Southern California and Columbia University. Her work has been cited by NPR, BBC News, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Slate, and other outlets.

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