Melwood has worked with Internews from 2008 to 2012, and was recently re-engaged at the start of 2016. We have worked on coverage and engagement from publications around the world.

In 2005, John Boit and John Tapper coordinated and planned messaging after the kidnapping of aid worker Clementina Cantoni in Afghanistan.

Prior to Melwood Global’s inception, John Boit and Jon Tapper worked with Afghanistan's Drug Enforcement Administration to orchestrate the largest drug burning in the country’s history.