Meet Melissa Olson
Melissa Olson is a reporter for MPR’s Native News Project.
She is a recent contributor to the North Star Journey Series — stories about the resilience of Indigenous, Black, and people of color throughout Minnesota.
Melissa is a recent graduate of the arts and public policy program at NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts. She lives in Minneapolis.
Tweet her @mizzilina.
Recent Contributions
- Closed during COVID, downtown St. Paul’s landmark Mickey’s Diner reopens
- Harris-Walz campaign kicks off a nationwide effort to reach Native voters
- ‘Kind of a big dill’: Urban Indigenous community gathers to crown pickling champs, promote food sovereignty
- Gas pipeline approved near pipestone quarry sacred to Indigenous people, with conditions
- Government food shortage persists in Minnesota’s tribal communities
- Tribal nations are expanding their footprint in the cannabis industry
- Group of wild ricers find human remains on the shores of Leech Lake
- Minnesota swimmer Mallory Weggemann takes gold in Paris at the Paralympic Games
- Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community provides emergency assistance amid food shortage
- Cube Critics discuss 'Alien: Romulus' and an Ojibwe language 'Star Wars'