Melissa Thorud, a native of White Bear Lake, Minn., has joined the Republican Eagle in Red Wing, Minn., as a local government, community events and business reporter. Thorud, who penned her job announcement in the Republican Eagle last week, said that she has “always had a love for journalism and local news.”
After earning her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Thorud worked as a reporter for the Pierce County Journal in Ellsworth.
During college, she served as editor of the campus newspaper, the Student Voice, and received an award from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association collegiate newspaper competition for breaking news reporting during the beginning of the pandemic.
