Melody J. Kramer

Hello, I’m Mel.

I’m a librarian and journalist. I help people and organizations do meaningful, impactful work in publics (media, libraries and archives, civic tech, .gov) infused with a sense of civic joy.

Recently, I’ve:

• Led a pop-up newsroom to support journalists in WNC with products and tools in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene
• Shaped communications for a group of population researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill
• Helped a beloved public radio show think about who their audiences could be and how to reach them
• Advised a foundation on how to create community and connections within its fellowship program
• Mapped audiences for the 5th largest website in the world

You can see some of my work here.

My work and research has been featured by The New York Times, iTunes, Nieman’s Journalism Lab, Mashable, Poynter, the Shorty Awards, Knight-Mozilla Open News, USA Today, GigaOm, and the Village Voice Web Awards, among others.

I live in Carrboro, NC with my very-offline family. In my spare time, I serve as chair of the water and sewage board and run a civic news collective that has hundreds of thousands of readers across North Carolina.