Nancy Merrill is an Emmy Award winning television interviewer, writer, and producer. She has hosted her own talk shows, interview shows, and prime time specials on NBC and CBS in Boston. On NBC News in Chicago, Ms. Merrill was the featured reporter on a special segment known as“The Nancy Merrill Interview.”

Among the 6000 people she has interviewed, many were famous and fascinating people, including world leaders and celebrities in all fields:

World Leaders: U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi; Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos; Iceland President Grimsson; Poland President Kwansniewski

U.S. First Ladies: Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalyn Carter, Betty Ford, and Lady Bird Johnson

News-makers and Celebrities: Mother Teresa, Lord Piers Wedgwood, Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve, CNN’s Larry King

Shanghai World Expo Officials:
Assistant Commissioner General to the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, Xu Bo; Commissioner General of the United Nations Pavilion, Dr. Awni Behnam;
China National Pavilion Deputy Director, Mao Zhuchen

She has been a special assignment reporter for The Chicago Sun-Times. Collectively, these experiences led Boston University to invite Ms. Merrill to be a special guest lecturer at their School of Communications where she shared her professional expertise and media acumen.

In March 2010, Ms. Merrill was honored to join Shanghai Media Group (SMG) as a media consultant. She also produces and hosts for International Channel Shanghai (ICS), a division of SMG. Her first show, Nancy Merrill's Eye on Shanghai: Special Edition Expo 2010, aired on the eve of the World Expo, leading into the coverage of the opening festivities officiated by President Hu Jintao.