Mellissa Fung

Journalist

Mellissa Fung has reported for CBC-TV News in Vancouver, has served as a national reporter for CBC Television, working out of Toronto and Regina, and served as a national correspondent she has covered numerous topics on both Canadian and world affairs, including the Robert Pickton trial, the 2003 SARS outbreak in Canada, the trial of Mike Danton, the 2007 Saskatchewan provincial election, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and uncovering Canada's international sales of toxic asbestos. In 2007 and 2008 she was sent on assignment to Afghanistan to cover the Canadian military presence there.