Melissa Townsend
Melissa Townsend is a senior producer for MPR News who worked with host Cathy Wurzer to design Minnesota Now. Prior to that she produced the Early Risers podcast from MPR and Little Moments Count.
Recent Contributions
- Minnesota Now: Oct. 3, 2022
- Minnesota Now: Sept. 29, 2022
- Want to know what's happening this week in sports? Eric and Wally are back to give you the 411
- Paul Huttner talks with Craig Edwards about Hurricane Ian and local weather news
- Minnesota Court says Minnesota schools are racially imbalanced not intentionally segregated
- MPR's Voter Guide: More Information on Minnesota candidates with less digging
- Master storyteller Vusumuzi Zulu on what makes a story great
- One woman's mission to turn out the Native vote in Minnesota's midterm elections
- How school staff, parents and caregivers can help kids of color feel safe in the classroom
- A conversation with the new curator of U of M's LGBTQ archive library