Melissa Russell has been a journalist for more than 20 years, serving as editor for several community news publications including the Winchester Star, the Reading Advocate, the Burlington Union and the Waltham News-Tribune. She is the winner of multiple New England Newspaper & Press Association Awards.
After leaving Gannett New England in 2022, where she led teams of journalists producing content for Wicked Local newspapers and websites, she was a freelance editor and writer, contributing to local newspapers and magazines.
She can be reached at mrussell@westonobserver.org.
