Melissa Russo
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Melissa Russo is a television journalist currently working for WNBC-TV News Channel 4 in New York City
. She is currently the co-anchor for the News 4 New York at the 6pm and 11pm Saturday newscasts. She joined WNBC-TV in September 1998, where she is also a Government Affairs reporter.
She has worked several stories relating to purported problems with New York City and State agencies. In particular, she often reports on services provided to disadvantaged groups like senior citizens and the homeless. Before joining WNBC-TV, she worked as a political reporter for NY1 News, where she began working in 1992 and was one host of that network's political interview show, Inside City Hall.
Russo graduated from The Dalton School
in 1986 before attending Tufts University
, where she received a Bachelors degree in Political Science in 1990. While there, she interned for The New York Times
editorial board, and continued her relationship with the Times by writing for the Op-Ed page, including one Op-Ed on a controversial free speech policy at Tufts that ultimately changed university policy.
New York City
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. She is currently the co-anchor for the News 4 New York at the 6pm and 11pm Saturday newscasts. She joined WNBC-TV in September 1998, where she is also a Government Affairs reporter.
She has worked several stories relating to purported problems with New York City and State agencies. In particular, she often reports on services provided to disadvantaged groups like senior citizens and the homeless. Before joining WNBC-TV, she worked as a political reporter for NY1 News, where she began working in 1992 and was one host of that network's political interview show, Inside City Hall.
Russo graduated from The Dalton School
The Dalton School
The Dalton School, originally called the Children's University School, is a private university-preparatory school on New York City's Upper East Side and a member of both the New York Interschooland the Ivy Preparatory School League...
in 1986 before attending Tufts University
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
, where she received a Bachelors degree in Political Science in 1990. While there, she interned for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
editorial board, and continued her relationship with the Times by writing for the Op-Ed page, including one Op-Ed on a controversial free speech policy at Tufts that ultimately changed university policy.