Melissa Russo (born November 19, 1968) is a television journalist currently working for WNBC-TV News Channel 4 in New York City.
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.
Russo was part of the team that launched a series of politics podcasts on WNBC in 2017.
Russo graduated from The Dalton School in 1986 before attending Tufts University, where she received a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1990.