Journalism

Melina has contributed to English and Greek publications, including VICE World News, HuffPost UK, The New Arab, Packaging Europe, The Sunday Times, Kathimerini, and Bookstoker.com

Why did Zara Aleena’s killer have more rights than she did, family asks | The Sunday Times

‘When we are asked who we are, we say Iranian’: How the Iranian diaspora is experiencing a shift in identity | The New Arab

‘For Me, it is a Fight Against Darkness’: How Iranian Men are Standing Up for Women, Life, and Freedom | The New Arab

Four Year Later, the #MeToo Movement Has Finally Hit Greece | VICE World News

Ngozi Fulani’s charity Sistah Space halts work over safety concerns in wake of Palace racism row | The Telegraph

I’m Fat, and Living in a World Where I Literally Don’t ‘Fit’ | HuffPost UK

How is Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Impacting the Packaging Industry? | Packaging Europe

PFAS-free Packaging: Preparing for a Future Without ‘Forever Chemicals’ | Packaging Europe

What Actions Have Packaging Companies Been Taking in Reaction to the War in Ukraine? | Packaging Europe

‘It Felt Exciting and Doable’: WWF on Nations Committing to Develop a Global Agreement for Plastics | Packaging Europe

How the Soft Drinks Industry is Responding to the Record High Prices of rPET | Packaging Europe

More Than An Inconvenience: Why Accessible Packaging Matters | Packaging Europe

How Sumaira Latif Brought Accessible Design to P&G | Packaging Europe

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation on the Key Takeaways From COP26 | Packaging Europe

How Can Packaging Become More Accessible For People Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted? | Packaging Europe

Willemijn Peeters on Building a Business to Prevent Ocean Plastics | Packaging Europe

ZeLoop: an App Using Blockchain Tokens to Reward Recycling | Packaging Europe

Creating a Frameworks for the Designers of the Circular Economy | Packaging Europe

An Expert View on Raw Material Shortages and Price Rises in The Plastics Industry | Packaging Europe

Why Rom-Coms Like Bridget Jones and Hitch Would Never Get Made Today | The Sunday Times

Where are the Best Takeaways in Hackney? | Hackney Post

Green Haven Abney Park Cemetery Receives £5m Investment for Renovation | Hackney Post

Chris McCabe on the Lost Poets of Abney Park Cemetery | Hackney Post

Spotlight on: Hackney’s Sustainable Businesses | Hackney Post

Η ανασφάλεια στο επίκεντρο | Kathimerini (Καθημερινή)

A Gorgeous Last Minute Christmas Present | Bookstoker

Lucy Ellmann at the Winter Cambridge Literary Festival | Bookstoker

Upcoming: Max Porter at the 2019 Spring Literary Festival | Concrete

Review of Women’s Studies Archive | UEA Library

2019 Spring Literary Festival | Concrete

‘The Body Observed’ at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts | Concrete

Review: Sir Mark Elder conducts Brahms and Mahler | Concrete

A look into the British Archive for Contemporary Writing | Concrete

Christopher Andrew at the 2018 Autumn Literary Festival | Concrete

Othello at Shakespeare’s Globe | Concrete

The new National Centre for Writing | Concrete

Concrete Author: Melina Spanoudi | Concrete

Interview with Frances Hardinge | FLY

Kazuo Ishiguro on his experience at UEA | Unboxed