An environment reporter, Melati has written about the effect of climate change on Indonesia’s sea gypsies and the American West Coast salmon fishery collapse of 2008. A 2009 graduate of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Melati was an intern at National Geographic and National Public Radio, before striking out as a reporter in Alaska and, more recently, Indonesia. Melati’s work has appeared on Al Jazeera In Depth, ForestNews, Alaska Public Radio, Terra Informa Radio and the Jakarta Post.
