Melanie Burford is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and producer specializing in journalistic storytelling. She was part of the team of Dallas Morning News photographers who received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. She has been an educator for over 20 years including adjunct associate professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and is currently teaching photojournalism and video production at the University of Bergen.

Melanie is completing a Master in Media Practices at Volda University College where she has been researching fake news, disinformation, and 'the vulnerability of truth within the age of misinformation; authenticating the journalistic image.'