Melissa Olson
Reporter, Native News
melissa.olson@mpr.org
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
- Students address University of Minnesota Board of Regents
- U of M says less than 1% of endowment invested in companies tied to Israel
- Minnesota teen honored by Girl Scouts USA after saving the lives of her mother and grandmother
- Celebrating American Indian Month with the reopening of local community center
- Renovated Minneapolis American Indian Center reflects urban Indigenous identity
- Indigenous creativity takes the stage at Native Nations Fashion Night
- Art and history come together in ‘Fur Trade Nation: an Ojibwe’s Graphic History’
- Bills offer birth justice, reduced mortality for Black and Indigenous Minnesotans
- New chief executive for Mille Lacs Band decided in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe primaries
- Family of Indigenous Minneapolis woman seeks answers after ‘suspicious’ death