# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-chan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:03:47.613Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-chan"
name: "Melissa Chan"
slug: "melissa-chan"
description: "Melissa Chan is a Chinese American freelance journalist working in broadcast and print. Her works have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Washington Post, VICE News, POLITICO, and Foreign Policy. She has reported for VICE News Tonight, Al Jazeera English, and presents DW News Asia on Deutsche Welle TV. She has appeared as a guest on CNN and the BBC."
tagline: "American journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melissa_Chan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1980-06-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.71
  momentum:             11.25
  historical:           9.423544
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/melissakchan"
    handle:    "melissakchan"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/melissakchan/"
    handle:    "melissakchan"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.melissachan.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E5%98%89%E9%9F%BB"
    title: "陳嘉韻"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ميليسا تشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%86"
    title: "ميليسا تشن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Chan"
    title: "Melissa Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Chan"
    title: "Melissa Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Chan"
    title: "Melissa Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Chan"
    title: "Melissa Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Chan"
    title: "Melissa Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Chan"
    title: "Melissa Chan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0"
    title: "Чан, Мелисса"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7_%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "میلیسا چان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305114"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump