Melissa E. Wong

Melissa Wong is a freelance writer. A MUN alumni with a B.A. (Hons), along with a College of the North Atlantic alumni with a diploma in journalism; Wong’s radio news story “When silvern voices tune thy rills,” we love ‘The Ode to Newfoundland’, won the 2017 Atlantic Journalism Award. Wong’s articles have been published in SaltWire Network publications, The Pearl, The Shoreline, Atlantic Business Magazine, Newfoundland Quarterly, CBC, The Overcast, Guide to the Good, and her article “Working through a pandemic” was published in the COVID-19 Special Edition of WORD Magazine. Born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Wong spends most of her free time gardening, reading, and making YouTube videos. To view her published work, see her portfolio here.