Melissa Bell

Career During her time in India, Bell met Raju Narisetti, who hired her to help launch the Delhi-based daily business newspaper Mint. Bell joined The Washington Post in 2010, She was executive editor and senior product manager for the new website. In this role, she led the development of the site and managed teams focused on analytics, graphics, and the news app. Bell was appointed vice president of growth and analytics for Vox Media in 2015. She worked on audience and new product development, and established best practices for all of Vox Media's sites (Curbed, Eater, Polygon, Racked, Recode, SB Nation, The Verge, and Vox). with responsibilities for audience and brand development.

On June 27, 2024, Bell was named CEO of Chicago Public Media, which oversees the Chicago Sun-Times and NPR member station WBEZ.

Recognition Bell appeared in Columbia Journalism Review 2014 list of "16 women whose digital startups deserve Vox-level plaudits". In 2015, she was included in Marie Claire "New Guard" list of the "most connected women in America", and was named one of the "most powerful women in Washington" by the Washingtonian. Bell appeared in Folio 2016 "Director-Level Doers" list, recognizing the 100 "most forward-thinking and innovative leaders in magazine media". In 2017, she was included in Digiday 2017 "changemakers" list of fifty people "making media and marketing more modern", as well as the Washingtonian "40 Under 40" list.