{"id":472,"date":"2026-07-21T16:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quiet-platinum-pigeon.151-236-216-245.cpanel.site\/?page_id=472"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:45:36","slug":"melissa-hekkers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quiet-platinum-pigeon.151-236-216-245.cpanel.site\/index.php\/melissa-hekkers\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Hekkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;wide-ipad&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;clipRightIn&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1784671672157{background-image: url(https:\/\/quiet-platinum-pigeon.151-236-216-245.cpanel.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Nova-Melissa.png?id=527) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; 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el_class=&#8221;tekst_justify&#8221;]Melissa Hekkers is a freelance journalist, fixer, copy editor and author who has worked with Crewhouse Media since 2010, serving as a fixer, journalist and interviewer across many productions and shows.<\/p>\n<p>Over more than a decade of collaboration, she has provided research, access, interviewing and field support for international media crews and documentary teams working in Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this work, Melissa is a widely published author whose titles include the &#8220;Mandala&#8221; colouring book series (My Nicosia Mandala, My Akamas Mandala and My Cape Greco Mandala) and award-winning children&#8217;s books such as Crocodile, winner of the Cyprus State Illustration Award.<\/p>\n<p>She teaches creative and script writing to children, adults and migrant communities through European-funded programmes, and focuses her reporting on silenced communities in Cyprus. In 2019 she contributed to the anthology &#8220;Nicosia Beyond Barriers: Voices from a Divided City&#8221; (Saqi Books, London).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text]\t\t<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a88f30abc4f5\" data-id=\"6a88f30abc4f5\" data-height=\"160\" data-height-mobile=\"80\" data-height-tab=\"80\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"80\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"80\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;height:160px;\"><\/div><style>@media (max-width:1199px){.spacer-6a88f30abc4f5{height:80px!important;}}@media (max-width:991px){.spacer-6a88f30abc4f5{height:80px!important;}}@media (max-width:767px){.spacer-6a88f30abc4f5{height:80px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.spacer-6a88f30abc4f5{height:80px!important;}}<\/style>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; 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