Chickering, Melinda

Melinda Chickering wrote diaries and short stories as a child growing up in Iowa. She studied philosophy, political science and dance at the University of Iowa, graduating with honors in 1998. She then studied philosophy and public policy at the University of Maryland. Melinda's writing has been published by The Associated Press, Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Jakarta Post, WEEKENDER, Inspired Bali, Jakarta Globe, Expat/Kabar, Asia Dreams, Reason and media outlets across the USA. In 2002, she won 2nd Prize in the Felix Morley Journalism Competition and in 2004 traveled to Africa as a Global P...