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==Biography==
Yosef "Yossi" Melman was born in Poland. The family immigrated to Israel in 1957, when he was six years old.<ref>[http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/13424-1/Dan+Raviv.aspx ''Booknotes'' interview] with Melman and Dan Raviv on ''Every Spy a Prince'', August 5, 1990. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115121833/http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/13424-1/Dan+Raviv.aspx |date=November 15, 2011 }}</ref> He graduated from [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] and was a [[Nieman Fellow]] at [[Harvard University]]. From 1969 he served for three years with [[Special forces of Israel|"Shaked", a reconnaissance and Special Forces unit]] in the [[Israel Defense Forces]].
Since 1974, Melman has worked in various capacities in the Israeli media. He has worked for 27 years in the Israeli ''[[Haaretz]]'' daily as a senior correspondent on national security, intelligence and strategic issues. Melman was involved in several legal and public battles to lift gag orders issued by Israeli courts and censors.
He wrote 10 [[non-fiction]] books on the [[Israeli Intelligence Community]], security, terrorism and nuclear issues which were published in more than 40 countries in 15 languages. One of his books, ''[[Every Spy a Prince]]'', co-authored with former [[CBS News]] reporter [[Dan Raviv]], was a ''[[New York Times]]'' best-seller for 12 weeks. Melman also wrote a play in Hebrew, ''The Good Son'', staged by the Tel Aviv [[Cameri Theater]] in 2006.
In 2016 he was a consultant and protagonist in [[Alex Gibney]]'s documentary ''[[Zero Days]]'', which won the [[Peabody Award]].
In 2017 he created with director Duki Dror a four-part TV documentary called ''The Mossad Cover Story''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV_MUi21uo Part one] of the series.</ref>
The series received good reviews in the Israeli media.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/television/.premium-1.4180627 Article in Haaretz] (in Hebrew).
Melman is an avid runner and triathlete who ran 35 [[marathon]]s in Europe and the US, six [[ultramarathon]]s of 50 to 75 km and four [[Ironman Triathlon]]s. He is the initiator and founder of "Israman" (Israel's Ironman). In 2009, eighty days after suffering a [[heart attack]], he returned to run a full marathon. One of his books in Hebrew is called "Autobiography of Running". In December 2016 he ran 66 km to mark his 66th birthday.<ref>Melman, Yossi (January 5, 2017), [http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Run-for-a-lifetime-477533 "Run for a lifetime"], ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''.</ref>
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