Newhouse School of Communications
MELISSA CHESSHER
Melissa Chessher
Chair, MAG, Dir. MNO, Associate Professor, MAG
Magazine_Newspaper_Online
Magazine_Journalism
Office: Newhouse 3 Rm. 318C
Telephone: 443-4038
Email: mchesshe@syr.edu
Professor Chessher has more than 20 years of experience in the magazine field as both a writer and an editor. She worked on the launch of Real Simple, the largest magazine launch in Time Inc. history, and Gusto, a healthy living magazine for Latin American women. She also has held several staff positions, including fitness editor and staff writer at Cooking Light; executive editor of Weight Watchers magazine, and senior editor of American Way, the in-flight magazine of American Airlines. She has written for more than a dozen national consumer publications, including Self, Health, Marie Claire, Fitness, Men's Health, and Parents magazines. She teaches classes in magazine writing and editing.