Experience

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  Speakers'​ Spotlight

  • Toronto, Canada Area

  • Speaker

    • 2013 - Present
    • Toronto, Canada Area

    Melissa speaks to Canadians about how to get a handle on their money without sacrificing happiness. Covering topics such as joyful spending and the economic power of women, Melissa delivers fun, relatable and empowering personal finance tips.

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  ECW Press

  • Book Author

    • Jan 2019 - Present

    Happy Go Money combines happiness psychology and personal finance and distills it into an indispensable starter guide. Each snappy chapter provides practical, easy-to-understand advice on topics such as spending, budgeting, investing, and mindfulness, while weaving in research, interactive exercises, and relatable anecdotes. Frank, funny, and empowering, this primer challenges everyone to revamp their relationship with their money so they can dial down their worries and supersize their joy.

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  The Globe and Mail

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Podcast Host

    • Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Join money expert Melissa Leong as she guides you on a six-episode journey to financial empowerment with Money Moves: Conversations about Investing, produced by The Globe and Mail's Content Studio and RBC. You’ll hear from industry experts and Melissa's inner circle alike as they discuss investing do’s and don’ts, delving into the big concepts to leave you with the understanding that investing your money is really about investing in yourself.

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  National Post, Inc.

  • Features Writer

    • 2005 - 2018

    Melissa covered personal finance for the Financial Post, including developing unique video content and social media strategies. Before that, she held several positions. She served as a senior reporter in the arts and life section, providing film reviews, life features and daily arts coverage for online and print. She also covered the crime beat and reported on local and national news, including reporting on Canada’s first terrorism trial since 9/11.

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  Jet & Jack Press

  • Toronto

  • Author

    • Jun 2012 - Jun 2014
    • Toronto

    What Kills Me, written under the pen name Wynne Channing, became a top-rated bestseller on Amazon. It's sequel, I Am Forever, was released in January 2014 and the series sold more than 70,000 copies. What Kills Me won several readers choice awards and hit #1 on a number of Amazon's bestsellers lists, ranking #221 overall out of more than a million books.

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  Toronto Star

  • Reporter

    • 2002 - 2004

    Melissa wrote for almost all sections of the newspaper. She covered local, provincial and national news, including elections at all levels of government, the SARS scare and the 2004 Stanley Cup finals in Calgary. She reported on daily news for the Business section and wrote cover pieces and columns for the Life, Travel, Wheels and Metropolis sections.

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  The Globe and Mail

  • Reporter

    • Mar 2002 - May 2002

    Melissa covered breaking national and world news as the on-duty night reporter

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  Ryerson University

  • Writing Tutor

    • 1999 - 2002

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  Winnipeg Free Press

  • Reporter

    • Jun 2001 - Sep 2001

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  Transcontinental

  • Staff Writer

    • May 2000 - Aug 2000