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Melanie Warner Spencer’s Biography

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For more than 20 years, award-winning journalist, fine art and editorial photographer Melanie Warner Spencer has covered news and lifestyle in print and online. Her work has appeared in The Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post and Reuters in the United States and across the globe and has been recognized by the Texas Press Association, the Press Club of New Orleans and the International and Regional Magazine Association. Spencer's fine art photography has been shown in juried exhibitions through…

What was your first job as a journalist?

Austin Monthly Magazine

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Oh yes.

How is social media changing news?

It has created the rise of the citizen journalist, which is good in many ways, but the downside is it can add to misinformation.